J.C. Tang1, C.M. Fu1,2
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.113, No.3, pp. 239-259, 2017, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2017.113.249
Abstract In this paper, an efficient interval analysis method called dimension-reduction interval analysis (DRIA) method is proposed to calculate the bounds of response functions with interval variables, which provides a kind of solution method for uncertainty analysis problems of complex structures and systems. First, multi-dimensional function is transformed into multiple one-dimensional functions by extending dimension reduction method to the interval analysis problem. Second, all the one-dimensional functions are transformed to standard quadratic form by second order Taylor expansion method. As a result, the multi-dimensional function is approximately represented by the functions that each interval variable occurs More >