Journal article
Extended Polynomial Dimensional Decomposition for Arbitrary Probability Distributions
Journal of engineering mechanics, Vol.135(12), pp.1439-1451
12/2009
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000047
Abstract
This paper presents an extended polynomial dimensional decomposition method for solving stochastic problems subject to independent random input following an arbitrary probability distribution. The method involves Fourier-polynomial expansions of component functions by orthogonal polynomial bases, the Stieltjes procedure for generating the recursion coefficients of orthogonal polynomials and the Gauss quadrature rule for a specified probability measure, and dimension-reduction integration for calculating the expansion coefficients. The extension, which subsumes nonclassical orthogonal polynomials bases, generates a convergent sequence of lower-variate estimates of the probabilistic characteristics of a stochastic response. Numerical results indicate that the extended decomposition method provides accurate, convergent, and computationally efficient estimates of the tail probability of random mathematical functions or reliability of mechanical systems. The convergence of the extended method accelerates significantly when employing measure-consistent orthogonal polynomials.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Extended Polynomial Dimensional Decomposition for Arbitrary Probability Distributions
- Creators
- Sharif Rahman - The Univ. of Iowa College of Engineering, , Iowa City, IA 52242. E-mail
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of engineering mechanics, Vol.135(12), pp.1439-1451
- Publisher
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- DOI
- 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000047
- ISSN
- 0733-9399
- eISSN
- 1943-7889
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2009
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984064115002771
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