Pull and prune technique for complex structural reliability analysis

Abstract

Pull and prune technique for complex structural reliability analysis KYUNG S. PARK7 and KUK KIM7 Based on rhc pull and prune technique proposed here for computing source-to-sink reliability, a very powerful 30-line Basic personal computer program reduces a complex reliability structure one node at a time by pruning return-loops from the evolving sink. Compared to the methodical application of the recursive pivotal decomposition technique, the proposed algorithm is particularly efficient for complex structures intertwined with many counter-directed components.