THE STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENT-MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHOD

This paper presents the stochastic finite element--maximum entropy method for reliability analysis of structures subjected to random loads with stochastically varying properties. In this method, firstly the structure response of uncertainties is evaluated using Neumann SFEM, and then the probability of failure of the structure is obtained using maximum entropy method. The numerical examples show that the method has higher accuracy for structural reliability analysis and the computational efforts are reduced.