Title: Simple application of interval analyses to structural safety: standard versus parameterised versions
Authors: Isaac Elishakoff; Antoine Daphnis
Addresses: Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991, USA ' IFMA, Institut Français de Mécanique Avancée, Campus des Cézeaux Clermont Ferrand, Rue Roche Genès, 63170 Aubière, France
Abstract: In this paper the implications of the use of interval analysis are studied in regards to the decision making process on the safety of the structure. It is shown that the conclusions derived by application of the standard interval analysis about the structural safety may be misleading in some cases. Parameterised interval analysis is demonstrated to yield rigorous results.
Keywords: overestimation; parameterisation; structural safety; interval analysis.
DOI: 10.1504/IJSMSS.2018.102897
International Journal of Sustainable Materials and Structural Systems, 2018 Vol.3 No.3/4, pp.203 - 217
Received: 15 May 2018
Accepted: 17 Dec 2018
Published online: 09 Oct 2019 *