Variance-based reliability sensitivity analysis and the FORM α-factors

I Papaioannou, D Straub - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
In reliability assessments, it is useful to compute importance measures that provide
information on the influence of the input random variables on the probability of failure …

Polymorphic uncertainty quantification for engineering structures via a hyperplane modelling technique

Q Wang, Y Feng, D Wu, G Li, Z Liu, W Gao - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a hyperplane modelling technique aided polymorphic uncertainty
quantification strategy for various engineering applications. Accumulative experiences from …

Interpretation of probability in structural safety–A philosophical conundrum

T Vrouwenvelder, A Beck, D Proske, M Faber, J Köhler… - Structural Safety, 2025 - Elsevier
The term probability is essential in the domain of structural safety and yet its interpretation is,
even after more than 50 years of application, still a subject of discussion. For instance, the …

[HTML][HTML] Reliability-based topology optimization of imperfect structures considering uncertainty of load position

M Habashneh, R Cucuzza, P Aela, MM Rad - Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel optimization technique is implemented to explore the effects of
considering uncertain load positions. Therefore, the integration of reliability-based design …

Polyphase uncertainty analysis through virtual modelling technique

Q Wang, Y Feng, D Wu, C Yang, Y Yu, G Li… - … Systems and Signal …, 2022 - Elsevier
A virtual model aided non-deterministic static analysis (including linear and nonlinear
analyses) with polyphase uncertainty is presented in this paper. Within an uncertain system …

Distinguishing geometrically identical instruments: Possibilistic identification of material parameters in a parametrically model order reduced finite element model of a …

A Brauchler, D Hose, P Ziegler, M Hanss… - Journal of Sound and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The identification of material parameters of classical guitars is particularly interesting as the
orthotropic material parameters of wood vary largely and lead to hearable differences even …

Various driving mechanisms for generating motion of colloidal particles

A Erbe, M Zientara, L Baraban… - Journal of Physics …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Driven colloidal particles exhibit a number of interesting nonequilibrium effects. In order to
study these effects the driving mechanisms have to be understood in detail. In this paper we …

Bounds optimization of model response moments: a twin-engine Bayesian active learning method

P Wei, F Hong, KK Phoon, M Beer - Computational Mechanics, 2021 - Springer
The efficient propagation of imprecise probabilities through expensive simulators has
emerged to be one of the great challenges for mixed uncertainty quantification in …

Comparison of various uncertainty models with experimental investigations regarding the failure of plates with holes

M Drieschner, Y Petryna, R Gruhlke, M Eigel… - Reliability Engineering & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Predicting ultimate limit states and failure mechanisms in real technical systems is essential.
This task is a real challenge because of a variety of uncertainties. The result often depends …

Method for the Analysis of Epistemic and Aleatory Uncertainties for a Reliable Evaluation of Failure of Engineering Structures

N Miska, D Balzani - International Journal for Uncertainty …, 2022 - dl.begellhouse.com
METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF EPISTEMIC AND ALEATORY UNCERTAINTIES FOR A
RELIABLE EVALUATION OF FAILURE OF ENGINEERING STRUCTURES - International …