Surrogate-model-based reliability method for structural systems with dependent truncated random variables

Calculating probability of failure and reliability sensitivity for a structural system with dependent truncated random variables and multiple failure modes efficiently is a challenge mainly due to the complicated features and intersections for the multiple failure modes, as well as the correlated performance functions. In this article, a new surrogate-model-based reliability method is proposed for structural systems with dependent truncated random variables and multiple failure modes. Copula functions are used to model the correlation for truncated random variables. A small size of uniformly distribution samples in the supported intervals is generated to cover the entire uncertainty space fully and properly. An accurate surrogate model is constructed based on the proposed training points and support vector machines to approximate the relationships between the inputs and system responses accurately for almost the entire uncertainty space. The approaches to calculate probability of failure and reliability sensitivity for structural systems with truncated random variables and multiple failure modes based on the constructed surrogate model are derived. The accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method are demonstrated using two numerical examples.

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