[HTML][HTML] Past, current and future trends and challenges in non-deterministic fracture mechanics: A review

Y Feng, D Wu, MG Stewart, W Gao - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Structural systems are consistently encountering the variabilities in material properties,
undesirable defects and loading environments, which may potentially shorten their designed …

Probability-interval hybrid uncertainty analysis for structures with both aleatory and epistemic uncertainties: a review

C Jiang, J Zheng, X Han - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2018‏ - Springer
Traditional structural uncertainty analysis is mainly based on probability models and
requires the establishment of accurate parametric probability distribution functions using …

Flexible-constrained time-variant hybrid reliability-based design optimization

Z Wang, D Zhao, Y Guan - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2023‏ - Springer
Only the worst-case scenario is considered in most studies when conducting reliability-
based design optimization under hybrid uncertainties including epistemic uncertainty and …

An overview of adaptive-surrogate-model-assisted methods for reliability-based design optimization

C Ling, W Kuo, M **e - IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) is one of the most crucial techniques in
complex and reliability-critical engineering systems. This has been a research hotspot over …

New hybrid reliability-based topology optimization method combining fuzzy and probabilistic models for handling epistemic and aleatory uncertainties

Z Meng, Y Pang, Y Pu, X Wang - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
This study presents a hybrid reliability-based topology optimization (RBTO) method for
handling epistemic and aleatory uncertainties. First, we establish a new triple-nested RBTO …

[HTML][HTML] Novel reliability-based optimization method for thermal structure with hybrid random, interval and fuzzy parameters

C Wang, Z Qiu, M Xu, Y Li - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2017‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, novel reliability-based optimization model and method are proposed for
thermal structure design with random, interval and fuzzy uncertainties in material properties …

A practical and efficient reliability-based design optimization method for rock tunnel support

H Zhao - Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Uncertainty is an intrinsic feature in rock mechanics and engineering, and uncertainty
analysis is an important challenge to stability analysis, design, and construction in the …

Epistemic uncertainty-based reliability analysis for engineering system with hybrid evidence and fuzzy variables

C Wang, HG Matthies - Computer methods in applied mechanics and …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
With the rapid development of reliability analysis theory, the safety assessment for
engineering systems with hybrid epistemic uncertainties has received increasing attentions …

An adaptive hybrid single-loop method for reliability-based design optimization using iterative control strategy

C Jiang, H Qiu, L Gao, X Cai, P Li - Structural and Multidisciplinary …, 2017‏ - Springer
Single-loop approach (SLA) is one of the most promising methods for solving linear and
weakly nonlinear reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) problems. However, since …

A novel methodology of reliability-based multidisciplinary design optimization under hybrid interval and fuzzy uncertainties

L Wang, C **ong, Y Yang - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Various uncertainties exist in engineering practice, which brings adverse effects to the
reliability of complicated engineering systems. Considering the case that interval and fuzzy …