Selected Publications

Approaches

  • "Modeling Impact and Penetration Using a Deterministic and Probabilistic Design Tool," D.S. Riha, J.B. Pleming, B.H. Thacker, S.A. Mullin, J.D. Walker, C.E. Weiss, E.A. Rodriguez, and P.O. Leslie, Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Ballistics, Vancouver, Canada, November 2005.
  • "NESSUS Capabilities for Ill-Behaved Performance Functions," D.S. Riha and B.H. Thacker, Proceedings of the AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC 45th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, April 19-22, Palm Springs, California, 2004.
  • "Robust Most Probable Point Search Algorithm for Difficult Performance Functions," B.H. Thacker, D.S. Riha, and L.J. Huyse, Proceedings of the ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Methods and Structural Reliability, July 26-28, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2004.

Methods

  • "Efficient Global Reliability Analysis for Nonlinear Implicit Performance Functions," B.J. Bichon, M.S. Eldred, L.P. Swiler, S. Mahadevan, and J.M. McFarland, AIAA Journal, Vol. 46, No. 10, pp. 2459-2468, October 2008.
  • "Errors and Uncertainties in Probabilistic Engineering Analysis," B.H. Thacker, D.S. Riha, H.R. Millwater, and M.P. Enright, Proceedings of the AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC 42nd Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA 2001-1239, Seattle, WA, 16-19 April 2001. [PDF]
  • "Evaluation of Bounding Methods for Correlated Failure Modes," D.S. Riha and R.D. Manteufel, Proceedings of the AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC 42nd Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA 2001-1239, Seattle, WA, 16-19 April 2001. [PDF]

Applications

  • "A Probabilistic Return-to-Flight Assessment of the Orbiter's LH2 Feedline Flowliner," S.J. Hudak, Jr., L.J. Huyse, G. Chell, Y. Lee, D.S. Riha, and B.H. Thacker, Proceedings of the AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC 47th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, May 2006.
  • "Probabilistic Engineering Analysis Using the NESSUS Software," B.H. Thacker, D.S. Riha, S.H.K. Fitch, L.J. Huyse, and J.B. Pleming, Structural Safety, Vol. 28, No. 1-2, Structural Reliability Software, January-April 2006, pp. 83-107.
  • "Applications of Reliability Assessment," B.H. Thacker, M.P. Enright, D.P. Nicolella, D.S. Riha, L.J. Huyse, C.J. Waldhart, and S.H.K. Fitch, CRC Engineering Design Reliability Handbook, E. Nikolaidis, D. Ghiocel, and S. Singhal eds., CRC Press, New York, New York, 2005.
  • "Uncertainty Quantification of a Containment Vessel Dynamic Response Subjected to High-Explosive Detonation Impulse Loading," B.H. Thacker, E.A. Rodriguea, J.E. Pepin, and D.S. Riha, Proceedings of the IMAC-XXI: Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, February 3-6, Kissimmee, Florida, No. 261, 2003.
  • "Probabilistic Finite Element Analysis of the Cervical Spine," B.H. Thacker, D.P. Nicolella, S. Kumaresan, N. Yoganandan, F.A. Pintar, Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing, Vol. 13, No. 1-2, pp. 12-21, 2001. [PDF]
  • "Application of Probabilistic Methods to Weapon Reliability Assessment," B.H. Thacker, E.A. Rodriguez, J.E. Pepin, and D.S. Riha, Proceedings of the AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC 42nd Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA 2001-1458, Seattle, WA, 16-19 April 2001. [PDF]
  • "Capabilities and Applications of Probabilistic Methods in Finite Element Analysis," D.S. Riha, B.H. Thacker, D.A. Hall, T.R. Auel, and S.D. Pritchard, International Journal of Materials & Product Technology, Vol. 16, Nos. 4/5, 2001.
    • Also in Proceedings of the International Society of Science and Applied Technologies (ISSAT) Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, Las Vegas, Nevada, 11-13 August 1999. [PDF]

Other Papers

  • "Workshop on Non-Deterministic Approaches - Emerging Computer Codes," B.H. Thacker and D.S. Riha, 43rd Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Denver, Colorado, 21 April 2002. [PDF]
  • "Recent Advances of the NESSUS Probabilistic Analysis Software for Engineering Applications," D.S. Riha, B.H. Thacker, M.P. Enright, L.J. Huyse, and S.H.K. Fitch, Proceedings of the AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC 43rd Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA-2002-1268, Denver, CO, 22-25 April 2002 [PDF]
  • "Probabilistic Engineering Analysis Using the NESSUS Software," D.S. Riha, B.H. Thacker, H.R. Millwater, Y.-T. Wu, and M.P. Enright, Proceedings of the AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC 41st Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Paper 2000-1512, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2000. [PDF]