Dealing with uncertainty in model updating for damage assessment: A review

E Simoen, G De Roeck, G Lombaert - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2015 - Elsevier
In structural engineering, model updating is often used for non-destructive damage
assessment: by calibrating stiffness parameters of finite element models based on …

A survey on approaches for reliability-based optimization

MA Valdebenito, GI Schuëller - Structural and Multidisciplinary …, 2010 - Springer
Reliability-based Optimization is a most appropriate and advantageous methodology for
structural design. Its main feature is that it allows determining the best design solution (with …

[BOOK][B] Uncertainty theory

DB Liu, DB Liu - 2007 - Springer
A classical measure is essentially a set function satisfying nonnegativity and countable
additivity axioms. However, the additivity axiom of classical measure theory has been …

[BOOK][B] Uncertainty theory

B Liu, B Liu - 2010 - Springer
Some information and knowledge are usually represented by human language like “about
100km”,“approximately 39° C”,“roughly 80kg”,“low speed”,“middle age”, and “big size”. How …

Imprecise probabilities in engineering analyses

M Beer, S Ferson, V Kreinovich - Mechanical systems and signal …, 2013 - Elsevier
Probabilistic uncertainty and imprecision in structural parameters and in environmental
conditions and loads are challenging phenomena in engineering analyses. They require …

[HTML][HTML] Reliability based bi-directional evolutionary topology optimization of geometric and material nonlinear analysis with imperfections

MM Rad, M Habashneh, J Lógó - Computers & Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to present a novel computational technique for using reliability-based
design while taking into account the effect of geometrically and materially nonlinear …

Current research trends and application areas of fuzzy and hybrid methods to the risk assessment of construction projects

MS Islam, MP Nepal, M Skitmore… - Advanced Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fuzzy and hybrid methods have been increasingly used in construction risk management
research and this study aims to compile and analyse the basic concepts and methods …

Uncertainty analysis in solid mechanics with uniform and triangular distributions using stochastic perturbation-based Finite Element Method

M Kamiński - Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper theoretical formulation and computational implementation of the Stochastic
perturbation-based Finite Element Method (SFEM) for uncertainty analysis in solid …

An active learning kriging model for hybrid reliability analysis with both random and interval variables

X Yang, Y Liu, Y Gao, Y Zhang, Z Gao - Structural and Multidisciplinary …, 2015 - Springer
Hybrid reliability analysis (HRA) with both random and interval variables is investigated in
this paper. Firstly, it is figured out that a surrogate model just rightly predicting the sign of …

Estimating model inadequacy in ordinary differential equations with physics-informed neural networks

FAC Viana, RG Nascimento, A Dourado… - Computers & …, 2021 - Elsevier
A number of physical systems can be described by ordinary differential equations. When
physics is well understood, the time dependent responses are easily obtained numerically …