Simulation models are approximations of real-world physical systems. Therefore, simulation model validation is necessary for the simulation-based design process to provide reliable products. However, due to the cost of product testing, experimental data in the context of model validation is limited for a given design. When the experimental data is limited, a true output PDF cannot be correctly obtained. Therefore, reliable target output PDF needs to be used to update the simulation model. In this paper, a new model validation approach is proposed to obtain a conservative estimation of the target output PDF for validation of the simulation model in reliability analysis. The proposed method considers the uncertainty induced by insufficient experimental data in estimation of predicted output PDFs by using Bayesian analysis. Then, a target output PDF and a probability of failure are selected from these predicted output PDFs at a user-specified conservativeness level for validation. For validation, the calibration parameter and model bias are optimized to minimize a validation measure of the simulation output PDF and the conservative target output PDF subject to the conservative probability of failure. For the optimization, accurate sensitivity of the validation measure is obtained using the complex variable method (CVM) for sensitivity analysis. As the target output PDF satisfies the user-specified conservativeness level, the validated simulation model provides a conservative representation of the experimental data. A simply supported beam is used to carry out the convergence study and demonstrate that the proposed method establishes a conservatively reliable simulation model.
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ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 2–5, 2015
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Design Engineering Division
- Computers and Information in Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-5708-3
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Development of a Conservative Model Validation Approach for Reliable Analysis
Min-Yeong Moon,
Min-Yeong Moon
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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K. K. Choi,
K. K. Choi
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Hyunkyoo Cho,
Hyunkyoo Cho
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Nicholas Gaul,
Nicholas Gaul
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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David Gorsich
David Gorsich
US Army RDECOM/TARDEC, Warren, MI
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Min-Yeong Moon
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
K. K. Choi
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Hyunkyoo Cho
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Nicholas Gaul
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
David Lamb
US Army RDECOM/TARDEC, Warren, MI
David Gorsich
US Army RDECOM/TARDEC, Warren, MI
Paper No:
DETC2015-46982, V02BT03A057; 11 pages
Published Online:
January 19, 2016
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Moon, M, Choi, KK, Cho, H, Gaul, N, Lamb, D, & Gorsich, D. "Development of a Conservative Model Validation Approach for Reliable Analysis." Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 2B: 41st Design Automation Conference. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. August 2–5, 2015. V02BT03A057. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2015-46982
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