Development of a reliability-based design optimization toolbox for the FERUM doftware
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Universidad de La Rioja
info
ISSN: 0302-9743
Datum der Publikation: 2012
Ausgabe: 7520 LNAI
Seiten: 273-286
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Zusammenfassung
Uncertainties are inherent in any structural system. Traditional design optimization techniques consider uncertainties implicitly by partial safe factors. However, Reliability-Based Design Optimization (RBDO) methods account for uncertainties explicitly. These methods find an optimum design that verifies several reliability constraints. The objective here is to obtain an economic and safe design. This paper describes several RBDO methods and the functions programmed to implements these methods. These functions form a package added to the well known Structural Reliability Toolbox Finite Element Reliability Using Matlab (FERUM). A structural example has been solved with the functions implemented: a transmission tower truss. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.