Reliability-Based Topology Optimization with Analytic Sensitivities

It is a common practice when designing a system to apply safety factors to the critical failure load or event. These safety factors provide a buffer against failure due to the random or un-modeled behavior, which may lead the system to exceed these limits. However these safety factors are not direct...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clark, Patrick Ryan
Other Authors: Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78665