Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Reliability-based robust optimization using variance based methods
G. Karaki
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Birzeit University, West Bank
ABSTRACT: Numerical models are built for structural systems to obtain response predictions. The system
input parameters are uncertain due to the lack of information in one hand and to their inherent variability on the
other hand. Thus, under uncertain conditions, the field of reliability-based optimization provides a realistic tool
for structural optimization. This paper is concerned with exploring an approach based on variance methods ...