Propagation of uncertainties in engineering and systems

Abstract

In the past decade, propagation of uncertainties in engineering and systems has gained increasing interests. Development of theoretical and computational mechanics and methods, particularly the finite elements and extensions, meshfree methods and multi-scale mechanics, greatly enhanced the ability of science and engineering community in understanding the phenomena and mechanism of engineering structures and systems. Meanwhile, the enhancement and refinement of the deterministic methodologies in modeling and analysis also exposed the importance of uncertainties and their propagations in engineering and systems. Many phenomena and behaviors of engineering structures and systems, particularly those in nonlinear mechanics and systems, cannot be rationally understood and controlled without considering uncertainties and their propagations. In this regard, particularly interested in are the methodologies capturing the propagation of uncertainties, the mechanism of propagation of uncertainties, multi-scale random fluctuations and coupling effects in complex engineering structures and systems.

Organizers

Jie Li, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, (lijie@tongji.edu.cn)
Jianbing Chen, Tongji University, Shanghai, China