Universal Reliability Method for Structural Models with Both Random and Fuzzy Variables
Zichun Yang1,2,3, Kunfeng Li1,4, Qi Cai1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.95, No.2, pp. 143-171, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.095.143
Abstract The conventional probabilistic reliability model for structures is based on the “probability assumption” and “binary-state assumption”. These assumptions are often offset the reality of practical engineering and lead to a wrong conclusion. In fact, besides randomness, fuzziness which is different from randomness in nature is also a prevalent uncertainty factor and plays an important role in structural reliability assessment. In this paper, a novel structural reliability model with random variables and fuzzy variables is established by using the fuzzy set theory, possibility theory and probability measure for fuzzy events, based on the “mixed probability and More >
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