Structural reliability analysis based on random distributions with interval parameters

Computers and Structures

Volumn 89, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 2292-2302

  Jiang, C ^a   Li, W X ^a   Han, X ^a   Liu, L X ^a   Le, P H ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China United Engineering Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Hybrid uncertainty; Interval; Performance measurement approach; Probability; Reliability analysis; Reliability index approach

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX ENGINEERING; EFFICIENT ALGORITHM; EXPLICIT EXPRESSIONS; EXTREME VALUE; HYBRID RELIABILITY MODELS; HYBRID UNCERTAINTY; INTERVAL; INTERVAL PARAMETER; KEY PARAMETERS; LIMIT-STATE FUNCTION; MONOTONICITY; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; RELIABILITY DEGREE; RELIABILITY INDEX; RELIABILITY INDEX APPROACH; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS; UNCERTAIN MODELS; UNCERTAIN STRUCTURES;

ALGORITHMS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM VARIABLES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80055063360     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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