A mixed design approach for probabilistic structural durability

6th Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 785-795

  Choi, Kyung K ^a   Yu, Xiaoming ^a   Chang, Kuang Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DURABILITY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TRACKED VEHICLES;

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CRACK PROPAGATION LIFE; DETERMINISTIC DESIGN; INTERACTIVE DESIGN; RELIABILITY BASED DESIGN; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; STRUCTURAL DURABILITY; TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84983165338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-4063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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