A sampling approach to extreme value distribution for time-dependent reliability analysis

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Hu, Zhen ^a   Du, Xiaoping ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme value; First order reliability method; Stochastic process; Time dependent reliability

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EXTREME VALUE; EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS; FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY METHODS; HIGH-ACCURACY; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; LIMIT-STATE FUNCTION; STRESS VARIABLES; TIME DEPENDENT RELIABILITY; TIME DEPENDENT RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TIME INVARIANTS;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 84879943198     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023925     Document Type: Article

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