Metamodel-assisted optimization is a valuable alternative to handle structural design
optimization procedures, which are usually quite expensive and sometimes even prohibitive …

With the wide application of industrial robots in the field of precision machining, reliability
analysis of positioning accuracy becomes increasingly important for industrial robots. Since …

A tradeoff between cost and safety is essential in the reliability-based design of offshore
support structures operating in uncertain harsh environments. This study proposes a …

Dynamic systems modeled by computationally intensive numerical models with time-
dependent output are common in engineering. Efficient uncertainty propagation of such …

Respiratory dust is the primary factor triggering pneumoconiosis. Accurately separating
respiratory dust from total dust according to specific criteria are key aspects of respiratory …

Viscous dampers, as effective energy-dissipation devices, have been widely used for
seismic mitigation of building structures. Due to the intrinsic uncertainties of structural …

Popsitioning accuracy is an important index for evaluating the capacity of industrial robots.
As a mechanism with multi-degree of freedom, the uncertainties of industrial robots are …

Time-variant reliability-based design optimization (T-RBDO) issues are probabilistic design
problems that assess the dependability of the design across time. The engineering situation …

The explicit polynomial function can replace the actual limit state function for failure
probability. In this study, the fractional order is introduced to an extended family of …

Selecting and using an appropriate structural reliability method is critical for the success of
structural reliability analysis and reliability-based design optimization. However, most of …