Finite element model updating using the separable shadow hybrid Monte Carlo technique

I. Boulkaibet, L. Mthembu, T. Marwala, M. I. Friswell, S. Adhikari

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Abstract

The use of Bayesian techniques in Finite ElementModel (FEM) updating has recently increased. These techniques have the ability to quantify and characterize the uncertainties of dynamic structures. In order to update a FEM, the Bayesian formulation requires the evaluation of the posterior distribution function. For large systems, this functions is either difficult (or not available) to solve in an analytical way. In such cases using sampling techniques can provide good approximations of the Bayesian posterior distribution function. The Hybrid Monte Carlo (HMC) method is a powerful sampling method for solving higher-dimensional complex problems. The HMC uses the molecular dynamics (MD) as a globalMonte Carlo (MC) move to reach areas of high probability. However, the acceptance rate of HMC is sensitive to the system size as well as the time step used to evaluateMD trajectory. To overcome this, we propose the use of the Separable Shadow Hybrid Monte Carlo (S2HMC) method. This method generates samples from a separable shadow Hamiltonian. The accuracy and the efficiency of this sampling method is tested on the updating of a GARTEUR SM-AG19 structure.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResidual Stress, Thermomechanics and Infrared Imaging, Hybrid Techniques and Inverse Problems, - Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
EditorsRandall Allemang
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages267-275
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319008752, 9783319047737
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event32nd IMAC Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2014 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: 3 Feb 20146 Feb 2014

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
Volume8
ISSN (Print)2191-5644
ISSN (Electronic)2191-5652

Conference

Conference32nd IMAC Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period3/02/146/02/14

Keywords

  • Bayesian
  • Finite element model updating
  • Hybrid Monte Carlo method
  • Markov chain Monte Carlo
  • Sampling
  • Shadow hybrid Monte Carlo

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Mechanical Engineering

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