Fatigue reliability of wind turbines: historical perspectives, recent developments and future prospects

D Liao, SP Zhu, JAFO Correia, AMP De Jesus… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Wind, as a sustainable and affordable energy source, represents a strong alternative to
traditional energy sources. However, wind power is only one of the options, together with …

A novel Kriging-model-assisted reliability-based multidisciplinary design optimization strategy and its application in the offshore wind turbine tower

D Meng, S Yang, AMP de Jesus, SP Zhu - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In Reliability-based Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (RBMDO), the key
performance functions of wind turbine are usually implicit, which means the performance …

Intelligent-inspired framework for fatigue reliability evaluation of offshore wind turbine support structures under hybrid uncertainty

D Meng, S Yang, H Yang, AMP De Jesus, J Correia… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
Offshore wind energy has become a key strategy in the global transition to sustainable and
renewable energy. This emphasis has significantly propelled the advancement of offshore …

Kriging-assisted hybrid reliability design and optimization of offshore wind turbine support structure based on a portfolio allocation strategy

D Meng, H Yang, S Yang, Y Zhang, AMP De Jesus… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, offshore wind power generation technology has developed rapidly around
the world, making important contributions to the further development of renewable energy …

A novel hybrid adaptive Kriging and water cycle algorithm for reliability-based design and optimization strategy: Application in offshore wind turbine monopile

D Meng, S Yang, AMP De Jesus… - Computer Methods in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metaheuristic algorithms have been widely concerned by scholars because of their global
optimization ability that does not depend on gradient information. In this study, Water Cycle …

A novel learning function for adaptive surrogate-model-based reliability evaluation

S Yang, D Meng, H Wang… - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The classical reliability analysis methods, due to the ever-increasing complexity of
engineering structure, may lead to higher and higher calculation errors and costs. The …

Active Kriging-based conjugate first-order reliability method for highly efficient structural reliability analysis using resample strategy

C Luo, SP Zhu, B Keshtegar, W Macek… - Computer Methods in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Efficient structural reliability analysis method is crucial to solving reliability analysis of
complex structural problems. High-computational cost and low-failure probability problems …

A new hybrid PSO-YUKI for double cracks identification in CFRP cantilever beam

A Khatir, R Capozucca, S Khatir, E Magagnini… - Composite …, 2023 - Elsevier
The durability and simplicity of the programming of meta-heuristic algorithms make them
important in the optimization field. This paper presents a novel application for double cracks …

Data-model fusion driven intelligent rapid response design of underwater gliders

M Yang, W Han, Y Song, Y Wang, S Yang - Advanced Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Underwater glider (UG) is one of the most promising ocean observation platforms, which
involves multiple disciplines. Currently, the system design of UGs greatly relies on the time …

Higher order fractal belief Rényi divergence with its applications in pattern classification

Y Huang, F **ao, Z Cao, CT Lin - IEEE Transactions on Pattern …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Information can be quantified and expressed by uncertainty, and improving the decision
level of uncertain information is vital in modeling and processing uncertain information …