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We present a new formulation for a class of structural optimization problems with reliability constraints, which makes it possible to use a new outer approximations algorithm for their solution. Our numerical results support the viability of our approach.
The research reported herein was sponsored by the CUREe-Kajima grant M 1975 and the NSF grant ECS 9302926.
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Kirjner-Neto, C., Polak, E., Der Kiureghian, A. (1995). Algorithms for Reliability-Based Optimal Design. In: Rackwitz, R., Augusti, G., Borri, A. (eds) Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34866-7_13
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