Stochastic Sensitivity Analysis of Cylindrical Shell

Abstract

The paper deals with some chosen aspects of stochastic sensitivity structural analysis and its application in the engineering practice. The main aim of the study is to provide the generalized stochastic perturbation technique based on classical Taylor expansion with a single random variable. The study is illustrated by numerical results concerning an industrial thin shell structure modeled as a 3-D structure.

Keywords

• Sensitivity
• stochastic perturbation technique
• finite element method
• shell structure