Reliability-based design optimization of structural systems under stochastic excitation: an overview

DJ Jerez, HA Jensen, M Beer - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
This article presents a brief survey on some of the latest developments in the area of
reliability-based design optimization of structural systems under stochastic excitation. The …

Consistent seismic hazard and fragility analysis considering combined capacity-demand uncertainties via probability density evolution method

XY Cao, DC Feng, M Beer - Structural Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
A consistent seismic hazard and fragility framework considering combined capacity-demand
uncertainties is proposed, in light of the probability density evolution method (PDEM). The …

An enhanced PDEM-based framework for reliability analysis of structures considering multiple failure modes and limit states

DC Feng, XY Cao, M Beer - Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, an enhanced probability density evolution method (PDEM) framework
considering multiple failure modes and limit states is proposed for reliability analysis of …

Time-variant system reliability analysis method for a small failure probability problem

HM Qian, YF Li, HZ Huang - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a time-variant system reliability analysis method by combining multiple
response Gaussian process (MRGP) and subset simulation (SS) to solve the small failure …

Reliability assessment of stochastic dynamical systems using physics informed neural network based PDEM

S Das, S Tesfamariam - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
In the recent decade, the reliability analysis of a stochastic system coupled with the
uncertainty related to the system's parameter has attracted much attention. Probability …

Improvements to the probability density evolution method integrated with the change of probability measure on quantifying hybrid uncertainties

Z Wan, X Hong, W Tao - Structural Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
The probability density evolution method (PDEM) synthesizing the change of probability
measure (COM) provides a compatible framework for quantifying simultaneous aleatory and …

Direct probability integral method for reliability sensitivity analysis and optimal design of structures

H Li, H Chen, J Zhang, G Chen, D Yang - Structural and Multidisciplinary …, 2023 - Springer
Reliability sensitivity analysis plays an essential role in structural reliability design,
especially for reliability-based design optimization (RBDO). However, for some complex and …

Structural optimization considering dynamic reliability constraints via probability density evolution method and change of probability measure

J Chen, J Yang, H Jensen - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2020 - Springer
The present paper presents a framework for solving dynamic reliability–based design
optimization (DRBDO) problems. The proposed approach is based on a sequential …

A single-loop time-variant reliability evaluation via a decoupling strategy and probability distribution reconstruction

Y Zhang, J Xu, M Beer - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a single-loop approach for time-variant reliability evaluation is proposed based
on a decoupling strategy and probability distribution reconstruction. The most attractive …

Global sensitivity evolution equation of the Fréchet-derivative-based global sensitivity analysis

Z Wan - Structural Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
For stochastic dynamical systems with multiple uncertain parameters, it is often of interest to
detect which parameters are dominant, in which the global sensitivity analysis may be one of …