Topics in Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 5 Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2013

1 Optimal Inequalities to Bound a Performance Probability 2 Remaining Fatigue Life Predictions Considering Load and Model Parameters Uncertainty 3 Fast Computing Techniques for Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification in Structural Dynamics 4 Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation in Nonlinear Structural Dynamics 5 Probabilistic Damage Identification of the Dowling Hall Footbridge Using Bayesian FE Model Updating 6 Considering Wave Passage Effects in Blind Identification of Long-Span Bridges 7 Quantification of Parametric Model Uncertainties in Finite Element Model Updating Problem via Fuzzy Numbers 8 Quantifying Maximum Achievable Accuracy of Identified Modal Parameters from Noise Contaminated Free Vibration Data 9 Using P-Box and PiFE to Express Uncertainty in Model Updating 10 Robust Model Calibration with Load Uncertainties 11 Simulating the Dynamics of the CX-100 Wind Turbine Blade: Model Selection Using a Robustness Criterion 12 Defining Coverage of a Domain Using a Modified Nearest-Neighbor Metric 13 Orthogonality for Modal Vector Correlation: The Effects of Removing Degrees-of-Freedom 14 CAE Model Correlation Metrics for Automotive Noise and Vibration Analysis 15 Damage Localization Using a Statistical Test on Residuals from the SDDLV Approach 16 Robust Tolerance Design in Structural Dynamics 17 Uncertainty Propagation in Floating Raft System by FRF-Based Substructuring Method for Elastic Coupling 18 Crossing and Veering Phenomena in Crank Mechanism Dynamics 19 Validating Low-Level Footfall-Induced Vibration Predictions in Steel and Concrete Structures 20 Finite Element Model Updating of an Assembled Aero-Engine Casing 21 Experimental Modal Analysis and Modelling of an Agricultural Tire 22 International Space Station Modal Correlation Analysis 23 Numerical Modeling of Vibration Induced Atomization of Liquids 24 Dynamical Modeling and Verification of Underwater Acoustic System.

Biography

Todd Simmermacher, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, USA. Scott Cogan, CNRS, University of Franche-Comte, Besançon, France. Babak Moaveni, Department of Civil and Envt. Eng., Tufts University, Medford, USA. Costas Papadimitriou, Department of Mech. & Industrial Eng., University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.