Structural reliability analysis: A Bayesian perspective

C Dang, MA Valdebenito, MGR Faes, P Wei, M Beer - Structural Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Numerical methods play a dominant role in structural reliability analysis, and the goal has
long been to produce a failure probability estimate with a desired level of accuracy using a …

Estimation of small failure probabilities by partially Bayesian active learning line sampling: Theory and algorithm

C Dang, MA Valdebenito, J Song, P Wei… - Computer Methods in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Line sampling (LS) has proved to be a highly promising advanced simulation technique for
assessing small failure probabilities. Despite the great interest in practical engineering …

Bayesian probabilistic propagation of hybrid uncertainties: Estimation of response expectation function, its variable importance and bounds

C Dang, P Wei, MGR Faes, M Beer - Computers & Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Uncertainties existing in physical and engineering systems can be characterized by different
kinds of mathematical models according to their respective features. However, efficient …

Application of interval field method to the stability analysis of slopes in presence of uncertainties

C Feng, M Faes, M Broggi, C Dang, J Yang… - Computers and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Spatial uncertainty of soil parameters has a significant impact on the analysis of slope
stability. Interval field analysis is emerging as a complementary tool of the conventional …

Parallel adaptive ensemble of metamodels combined with hypersphere sampling for rare failure events

F Xin, P Wang, Q Wang, L Li, L Cheng, H Lei… - Reliability Engineering & …, 2024 - Elsevier
In practical engineering, especially in aeronautical engineering, the failure probability is
extremely rare due to the incorporation of safety factors in the mechanical design phase …

An interval iterative method for response bounds analysis of structures with spatially uncertain parameters

P Wu, B Ni, C Jiang - Computers & Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Parameters with spatial uncertainties are very common in practical engineering, which could
have a significant effect on structural performances. Different from the framework of …

Bayesian updating with two-step parallel Bayesian optimization and quadrature

M Kitahara, C Dang, M Beer - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work proposes a Bayesian updating approach, called parallel Bayesian optimization
and quadrature (PBOQ). It is rooted in Bayesian updating with structural reliability methods …

Survival signature based robust redundancy allocation under imprecise probability

C Ling, L Yang, K Feng, W Kuo - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract his paper investigates the robust reliability design of a complex system with
imprecise model parameters. The considered system is supposed to have multiple types of …

Uncertainty analysis of structural output with closed-form expression based on surrogate model

YL Chen, Y Shi, HZ Huang, D Sun, M Beer - Probabilistic Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Uncertainty analysis (UA) is the process that quantitatively identifies and characterizes the
output uncertainty and has a crucial implication in engineering applications. The research of …

基于自适应径向基函数模型的区间不确定性分析方法

姜峰, 洪林雄, 李华聪 - 航空动力学报, 2024 - jasp.com.cn
针对区间不确定性分析问题, 提出一种基于径向基函数模型的自适应不确定性分析算法.
首先提出一种适用于径向基函数模型的采集函数-潜在最值函数, 并针对最大/小值问题特性将其 …