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Reliability-based optimization of trusses with random parameters under dynamic loads

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In this work, a reliability-based optimization technique is addressed to obtain the minimum mean value of random mass of the structures with random parameters under stationary stochastic process excitation. The challenge of the problem lies in randomness involved from both structural parameters and dynamic load, which renders the structural reliability becoming the random dynamic reliability of the first passage problem. In order to obtain minimum mean value of random gross mass, element and system dynamic reliability constraints are constructed, respectively, and the structural sizing and shape optimization models based on the dynamic reliability are then presented. Moreover, among two optimal strategies proposed for optimization models, the second one can effectively reduce the workload by avoiding the computation of the variance of the dynamic response during the iterative process. Finally, the implementation of three examples is discussed to display the feasibility and validity of optimization technique given.

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  1. School of Electromechanical Engineering, Xidian University, P.O. Box: 187, Xi’an, 710071, People’s Republic of China

    Juan Ma & Jian Jun Chen

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167, Hannover, Germany

    Juan Ma, Peter Wriggers & Shahab Sahraee

  3. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    Wei Gao

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Ma, J., Wriggers, P., Gao, W. et al. Reliability-based optimization of trusses with random parameters under dynamic loads. Comput Mech 47, 627–640 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-010-0561-6

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