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ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 106
PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGY
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Paper 151

Bayesian Inference for the Dynamic Response of a Corrugated Panel with Imprecise Data

F.A. DiazDelaO1 and A. Kundu2

1Institute for Risk and Uncertainty, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
2Civil and Computational Engineering Centre, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
F.A. DiazDelaO, A. Kundu, "Bayesian Inference for the Dynamic Response of a Corrugated Panel with Imprecise Data", in , (Editors), "Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 151, 2014. doi:10.4203/ccp.106.151
Keywords: Bayesian inference, imprecise data, structural dynamics, morphing aircraft..

Summary
The problem of limited availability of data is often faced in engineering. Many situations occur in which the available data is scarce, fragmentary and of poor quality. In this context, uncertainty quantification is a challenging task. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in Bayesian uncertainy quantification methods. This strategy is well suited for parameter estimation when there is an assumed correct model. In this paper, we study the dynamic response of a corrugated skin, a structure that is suitable for applications in aerospace engineering. We define a corrugation unit and model the geometrical parameters as random, incorporating surface roughness. We then produce synthetic, imprecise data and propose a strategy to infer statistics of the dynamic response at a given frequency level subject to a reduced sample of this imprecise data.

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