The Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM) requires the use of a first-order Taylor series expansion for propagating uncertainties. However, when the mea-surement function is strongly non-linear the ...

The Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM) requires the use of a first-order Taylor series expansion for propagating uncertainties. However, when the measurement function is strongly non-linear the use ...

In the context of structural design, risk optimization allows one to find a proper point of balance between the concurrent goals of economy and safety. Risk optimization involves the minimization of total expected costs, ...

Elastomeric isolators are subjected to a series of non-destructive tests with several repeated deformation cycles. For each cycle, effective properties are calculated and afterward averaged. Despite their variability, and ...

Elastomeric isolators are subjected to a series of non-destructive tests with several repeated deformation cycles. For each cycle, effective properties are calculated and afterward averaged. Despite their variability, and ...

The assessment of spatial uncertainty in the prediction of nutrient losses by erosion associated with landscape models is an important tool for soil conservation planning. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ...

In mechanized harvesting operations for wood, the Monte Carlo method allows the probability of occurrence of the technical-economical parameters, with descriptions of the uncertainties and, consequently, the optimization ...

This paper proposes a procedure to identify a stochastic Bouc-Wen model for describing the dynamics of a structure assembled by bolted joints considering vibration data. The proposed identification approach is expressed ...