Does ANSYS have any references on how to interpret Design Xplorer Parameter Sensivities, Trade-Off Plots, Single Parameter Sensivities and Spider Charts?
Below is a list of references on probabilistic/reliability designs - from primer to advanced users. Note: These references are not available from ANSYS. List of References Ang, A. H-S., and Tang, W.H., `Probability Concepts in Engineering Planning and Design,` Volume II: Decision, Risk, and Reliability, John Wiley, 1984. Ayyub, B. M. (editor), `Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis in Civil Engineering,` CRC Press, 1997, 528 pp. Ayyub, B. M., and McCuen, R. H., `Probability, Statistics, and Reliability for Engineers,` CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1997, 514 p. Ayyub, B. M., and McCuen, R. H., `Solution Manual for Probability, Statistics, and Reliability for Engineers,` 1997. Barlow, R.E., Fussell, J.B., and Singpurwalla, N.D., (editors), `Reliability and Fault Tree Analysis,` SIAM, 1975. Barnes, J.W., `Statistical Analysis for Engineers and Scientists`, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1994. ISBN 0-07-839608-5. Beasley, M., `Reliability for Engineers: An Introduction,` Macmillan, London, 1981. Benjamin, J. R., and Cornell, C. A., `Probability, Statisticsand Decision for Civil Engineers,` Prentice Hall, New York, 1970. Billinton, R., `Reliability Evaluation of Engineering Systems: Concepts and Techniques,` Plenum Press, New York, 1983 and 1992.. Calabro, S.R., `Reliability Principles and Practices,` McGraw Hill, New York, 1962. Casciati, F., `Mathematical Models for Structural Reliability Analysis,` CRC Press, Boca Raton, July 1996, 384 p. Catuneanu, V.M., `Reliability Fundamentals,` Elsevier, New York, 1989. Chorafas, D.N., `Statistical Processes and Reliability Engineering,` Van Nostrand, Princeton, 1960. Cox, S.J., `Reliability, Safety, and Risk Management: An Integrated Approach,` Butterworth-Heinemann, 1991. Dai, S-H., `Reliability Analysis in Engineering Applications,` Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, June 1992, 448 p. Ditlevson, O., `Structural Reliability Methods,` John Wiley & Sons, New York, June 1996. Gumbel, E., `Statistics of Extremes`, Columbia University Press, New York, 1958. Haldar, A. and Mahadevan, S., `Probability, Reliability, and Statistical Methods in Engineering Design,` John Wiley & Sons, New York 2000. Haldar, A. and Mahadevan, S., `Reliability Assessment Using Stochastic Finite Element Analysis`, John Wiley & Sons, New York 2000. Harr, M.E., `Reliability-Based Designin Civil Engineering,` McGraw-Hill, New York, 1987. Hart, Gary C., `Uncertainty Analysis of Loads and Safety in Structural Engineering,` Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, March 1982, 240 p. Henley, E.J., `Reliability Engineering and Risk Assessment,` Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1981. Hoel, P.G., Sidney, C.P., and Stone, C.J., `Introduction to Probability Theory,` Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1971. Kapur, K.C., `Reliability in Engineering Design,` John Wiley, New York, 1977. Leemis, L.M., `Reliability: Probabilistic Models and Statistical Methods,` Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1995. Leitch, R. D., `Reliability Analysis for Engineers, an Introduction,` Oxford University Press, New York, July 1995, 248 p. Litle, W.A., `Reliability of Shell Buckling Predictions,` MIT Press, 1964. Lloyd, M., Lipow, M., `Reliability, Management, Methods, and Mathematics,` 1982. Lucia, A. C., `Advances in Structural Reliability,` Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, March 1987. Lutes, L. D., Sarkani, S., `Stochastic Analysis of Structural and Mechanical Vibrations,` Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1997. Madsen, H. O., `Methods of Structural Safety,` Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, October 1985, 336 p. Madsen, H. O., Krenk, S., and Lind, N.C., `Methods of Structural Safety,` Prentice Hall, New York, 1986. Marek, P., `Simulation-Based Reliability Assessment for Structural Engineers,` CRC Press, Boca Raton, October 1995, 372 p. McCormick, N.J., `Reliability and Risk Analysis : Methods and Nuclear Power Applications,` Academic Press, New York, 1981. Melchers, R. E., `Structural Reliability Analysis and Prediction,` Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1987. Misra, K. B., `Reliability Analysis and Prediction, A Methodology Oriented Treatment,` Elsevier Science, New York, July 1992, 890 p. Modarres, M., `What every engineer should know about Reliability and Risk Analysis,` M. Dekker, New York, 1993. Nowak, A.S., (editor), `Modeling Human Error in Structural Design and Construction,` ASCE, 1986. Nowak, A.S., and Collins, K.R., `Reliability of Structures`, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2000. Papoulis, A., `Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes,` McGraw-Hill, New York, 1965. Pugsley, A.G., `The Safety of Structures,` E. Arnold Publ. Ltd., London, 1966. Rackwitz, R., `Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems,` Chapman and Hall, New York, June 1995, 324 p. Rao, S.S., `Reliability-Based Design,` McGraw-Hill, New York, 1992. Rubinstein, R.Y., `Simulation and the Monte Carlo Method,` John Wiley, New York, 1981. Schlaifer, R., `Analysis of Decisions Under Uncertainty,` McGraw-Hill, New York, 1969. Schneider, J., `Introduction to Safety and Reliability of Structures,` International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering, Structural Engineering Document #5. Shooman, M.L., `Probabilistic Reliability: An Engineering Approach,` McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968. Sinha, S.K., `Reliability and Life Testing,` New York, Wiley, 1986. Smith, D.J., `Reliability, Maintainability, and Risk: Practical Methods for Engineers,` 4th edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, 1993. Spencer, B.F., `Reliability of Randomly Excited Hysteretic Structures,` Springer-Verlag, New York, 1986. Thoft-Christensen, P., `Application of Structural Systems Reliability Theory,` Springer-Verlag, New York, June 1986, 350 p. Thoft-Christensen, P., `Reliability & Optimization of Structural Systems,` Springer-Verlag, New York, D |
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