Monte Carlo and variance reduction methods for structural reliability analysis: A comprehensive review

C Song, R Kawai - Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
Monte Carlo methods have attracted constant and even increasing attention in structural
reliability analysis with a wide variety of developments seamlessly presented over decades …

Uncertain linear systems in dynamics: Retrospective and recent developments by stochastic approaches

GI Schuëller, HJ Pradlwarter - Engineering Structures, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper provides an overview along with a critical appraisal of available methods for
uncertainty propagation of linear systems subjected to dynamic loading. All uncertain …

Adaptive sparse polynomial chaos expansions for uncertainty propagation and sensitivity analysis

G Blatman - 2009 - inis.iaea.org
Mathematical models are widely used in many science disciplines, such as physics, biology
and meteorology. They are aimed at better understanding and explaining real-world …

Bayesian post-processor and other enhancements of Subset Simulation for estimating failure probabilities in high dimensions

KM Zuev, JL Beck, SK Au, LS Katafygiotis - Computers & structures, 2012 - Elsevier
Estimation of small failure probabilities is one of the most important and challenging
computational problems in reliability engineering. The failure probability is usually given by …

Meta-models for structural reliability and uncertainty quantification

B Sudret - arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.2062, 2012 - arxiv.org
A meta-model (or a surrogate model) is the modern name for what was traditionally called a
response surface. It is intended to mimic the behaviour of a computational model M (eg a …

Matlab codes of Subset Simulation for reliability analysis and structural optimization

HS Li, ZJ Cao - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2016 - Springer
This paper presents two efficient and compact Matlab codes of Subset Simulation for
reliability analysis and structural optimization. The codes for reliability analysis and structural …

A generalized subset simulation approach for estimating small failure probabilities of multiple stochastic responses

HS Li, YZ Ma, Z Cao - Computers & Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
Estimating failure probabilities of multiple stochastic responses using a single run of Subset
Simulation remains a challenging task in structural reliability analysis. To address this issue …

Quantitative risk assessment of landslides with direct simulation of pre-failure to post-failure behaviors

Q Cui, L Zhang, X Chen, Z Cao, X Wei, J Zhang, J Xu… - Acta Geotechnica, 2022 - Springer
Most previous studies on the quantitative risk assessment (QRA) of landslides focused on
the probability of slope failure at the pre-failure stage and adopted empirical models for …

Rare event simulation in finite-infinite dimensional space

SK Au, E Patelli - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2016 - Elsevier
Modern engineering systems are becoming increasingly complex. Assessing their risk by
simulation is intimately related to the efficient generation of rare failure events. Subset …

A refined subset simulation for the reliability analysis using the subset control variate

A Abdollahi, MA Moghaddam, SAH Monfared… - Structural Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
The reliability analysis of an engineering system with a small failure probability (P f) and a
complex-geometry performance function is a major challenge in the probabilistic …