Structural reliability analysis based on probabilistic response modelling using the Maximum Entropy Method

Engineering Structures

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 106-116

  Shi, Xinghua ^a,b   Teixeira, A P ^a   Zhang, Jing ^b   Soares, C Guedes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite Element Analysis (FEA); Maximum Entropy Method (MEM); Structural reliability; Ultimate strength of stiffened plates

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY METHODS; LONGITUDINAL COMPRESSION; NON-LINEAR FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC DESCRIPTIONS; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; STIFFENED PLATE; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS;

COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899100429     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.03.033     Document Type: Article

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