一种改进的航空发动机结构概率风险评估方法

针对航空发动机适航条款FAR33.75中关于发动机限寿件(ELLP)结构失效概率要求,提出了一种基于Kriging和蒙特卡罗半径外重要抽样(MCROIS)混合的结构概率风险评估方法。该方法针对ELLP高维、小失效概率事件以及极限状态函数为隐式、高度非线性的特点,利用Kriging元模型模拟隐式极限状态函数,然后通过主动学习迭代算法,计算最优点(MPP,最接近设计验算点的样本点),更新实验设计(DOE)并提高Kriging元模型的模拟精度。在此基础上,利用Kriging元模型确定最优抽样半径,构造半径外重要抽样密度函数,在最优抽样半径确定区域进行抽样,通过构造主动学习函数,使样本点更多落在抽样半径确定的球区域附近,加速失效概率计算的收敛,并构建了ELLP风险概率模型,解决了高维、小失效概率事件以及隐式、非线性极限状态函数的发动机结构概率风险评估难题,以某型发动机低压压气机轮盘为应用示例,与传统的蒙特卡罗仿真(MCS)方法进行了对比,验证了该方法的高效率、鲁棒性和仿真精度。     

基于树形马氏链模型的可靠性分析方法

复杂系统的极限状态函数非线性程度较高，在进行可靠性分析时，易导致失效概率的计算误差大、效率低，针对上述问题，提出了树形马氏链（TMC）算法和基于该算法的可靠性分析方法。树形马氏链是对原始马尔可夫链的改进，其状态转移过程更加灵活，具备局部多链并行和自适应探索失效域边界的特性。树形马氏链通过多候选状态点扩大对失效域信息的收集，生成能充分反映失效分布特征的样本，对该样本进行自适应核密度估计得到近似最优的重要抽样分布密度函数，从而提高计算结果的准确度。文末的数值算例和工程算例验证了算法性能，计算结果表明算法对设计点、抽样起点的位置不敏感，处理强非线性及复杂串联系统问题时，能在少样本量下得到相对高准确度的计算结果，且在样本量改变时，计算结果相对稳定可靠；工程算例给出了所提方法在实际问题下的效率，体现了所提方法的工程应用价值。     

基于自适应Kriging代理模型的交叉熵重要抽样法

对于复杂失效域和小失效概率耦合的可靠性分析问题，本文提出了一种交叉熵重要抽样（CE-IS）方法结合自适应Kriging （AK）代理模型的求解方法（CE-IS-AK）。所提方法基于交叉熵原理，用混合高斯模型逐步逼近最优重要抽样密度函数，并采用AK模型协助逼近过程中混合高斯模型的参数的更新，从而提高了CE-IS方法的计算效率。另外，本文还改进了CE-IS方法的收敛准则，避免了方法的冗余迭代，扩大了方法的适用范围。由于在CE-IS方法中引入了AK模型，因此，本文方法所构建的重要抽样函数在保证精度的基础上提高了效率。相较于AK-MCS方法，本文方法中引入了重要抽样的思想，因此在Kriging训练点数目基本相同的情况下，大幅缩减小失效概率计算时样本池规模，并且由于利用了混合高斯模型，因而对多失效域具有较好的适用性。算例分析也证明了本文所提方法的优越性。     

计算涡轮叶片结构可靠度的自适应重要抽样法

为直接准确地计算系统结构可靠度，提出了自适应重要抽样方法，由极限状态面失效区确定的最初抽样区开始，用与随机变量联合概率密度函数成比例的抽样密度，自适应递增调整抽样，使抽样区稍大于失效区，以减少安全区的追加抽样，提高抽样效率，并将其应用于航空发动机涡轮叶片的结构可靠性分析，在获得相同的准确计算结果时，所需计算量显著减少。     

小失效概率情况下的全局可靠性灵敏度分析的高效方法

针对目前很多算法都无法准确、高效地计算小失效概率（10^-4,甚至更小）情况下的全局可靠性灵敏度问题,本文提出了一种高效求解小失效概率情况下的全局可靠性灵敏度新算法。所提算法通过扩大标准差构造重要抽样密度函数来进行空间分割（SP）,再与无迹变换（UT）结合,利用函数在分割后的子空间内非线性程度的降低和无迹变换方法可以高效计算低非线性程度函数的前二阶矩,来高效准确地计算小失效概率情况下的全局可靠性灵敏度。所提算法的优点有：重要抽样密度函数的选择可以使得空间分割时向重要区域偏移,并且在分割区域内功能函数的复杂性被降低,从而可以利用无迹变换方法高效计算失效概率,进而高效求得全局可靠性灵敏度。与已有的算法相比,算例说明了本文所提方法的优势。     

可靠性灵敏度分析的一种新方法

基于极限状态函数矩估计的失效概率计算,提出一种新的可靠性灵敏度分析方法。推导极限状态函数的矩对基本变量分布参数的偏导数,并进而利用失效概率与极限状态方程矩的关系,推导失效概率对基本变量分布参数的偏导数,从而得到可靠性灵敏度。与改进一次二阶矩可靠性灵敏度分析方法相比,所提方法不用求极限状态方程的设计点,因而不需用到极限状态函数对基本变量的梯度函数,适用于隐式极限状态方程的可靠性灵敏度分析,算例结果也充分显示所提方法的合理性和精度。     

基于加权线性响应面法的神经网络可靠性分析方法

在加权线性响应面法的基础上,提出隐式极限状态方程可靠性分析的神经网络方法。加权线性响应面法不仅形式简单、易于实现,而且可以很好的近似极限状态方程的设计点,但它却不能适应非线性极限状态方程的失效概率计算。神经网络对非线性极限状态方程有很强的近似能力,但神经网络的迭代不如加权线性响应面法那么简单易行,因此提出加权线性响应面与神经网络相结合的可靠性分析方法,这种方法既保证对设计点的精确近似,也保证对设计点附近的非线性极限状态方程的很好近似。与加权线性响应面法相比,本方法计算失效概率的计算工作量有所增加,但对非线性极限状态的计算精度却大大提高。算例充分显示所提算法的合理性和可行性。     

基于交叉熵和空间分割的全局可靠性灵敏度分析

基于失效概率的全局灵敏度分析可以度量各个基本随机变量的不确定性对失效概率的影响程度,对如何降低结构的失效概率具有指导意义。基于交叉熵方法和空间分割提出一种新全局可靠性灵敏度分析方法。该方法采用交叉熵法自适应的确定重要抽样密度函数,有效地回避了传统重要抽样中设计点位置和个数求解的困难。基于评估失效概率所使用的样本,利用空间分割方法计算各个输入随机变量的全局可靠性灵敏度指标,能够提高样本的利用率和计算效率。文中利用一个数值算例和两个工程算例验证了所提方法的计算效率和精度。     

结构可靠性分析的拟蒙特卡罗方法

由于蒙特卡罗(MC)方法具有程序结构简单,收敛速度与问题维数无关等优点,故其在结构可靠性分析中得到了广泛应用。但是对于小失效概率等问题,计算效率低这一主要缺点限制了该方法的应用范围。为了解决MC方法存在的问题,通过引进单位超立方体中不同的低偏差点集代替伪随机数序列,并结合了重要抽样技术建立了结构可靠性分析的拟蒙特卡罗(QMC)方法。该方法不但可以大幅度减少抽样点数目,还能够得到确定性的估计值, 避免传统MC方法只能得到概率意义下误差的缺陷。通过数值算例可以看出本文方法具有较高的计算精度和效率,因此适用于结构可靠性分析问题。     

多个设计点安全边界方程的重要抽样函数

提出了一种新的适用于具有多个设计点的安全边界方程失效概率计算的重要抽样函数,其抽样估计值的方差小于现有方法,收敛速度也较现有方法快,抽样效率为５０％左右,且估计值收敛于真实值。     

Reliability and reliability sensitivity analysis of structure by combining adaptive linked importance sampling and Kriging reliability method

The application of reliability analysis and reliability sensitivity analysis methods to complicated structures faces two main challenges: small failure probability (typical less than 10⁻⁵) and time-demanding mechanical models. This paper proposes an improved active learning surrogate model method, which combines the advantages of the classical Active Kriging – Monte Carlo Simulation (AK-MCS) procedure and the Adaptive Linked Importance Sampling (ALIS) procedure. The proposed procedure can, on the one hand, adaptively produce a series of intermediate sampling density approaching the quasi-optimal Importance Sampling (IS) density, on the other hand, adaptively generate a set of intermediate surrogate models approaching the true failure surface of the rare failure event. Then, the small failure probability and the corresponding reliability sensitivity indices are efficiently estimated by their IS estimators based on the quasi-optimal IS density and the surrogate models. Compared with the classical AK-MCS and Active Kriging – Importance Sampling (AK-IS) procedure, the proposed method neither need to build very large sample pool even when the failure probability is extremely small, nor need to estimate the Most Probable Points (MPPs), thus it is computationally more efficient and more applicable especially for problems with multiple MPPs. The effectiveness and engineering applicability of the proposed method are demonstrated by one numerical test example and two engineering applications.     

Neural Networks Combined with Importance Sampling Techniques for Reliability Evaluation of Explosive Initiating Device

Concerning the issue of high-dimensions and low-failure probabilities including implicit and highly nonlinear limit state function, reliability analysis based on the directional importance sampling in combination with the radial basis function (RBF) neural network is used, and the RBF neural network based on first-order reliability method (FORM) is to approximate the unknown implicit limit state functions and calculate the most probable point (MPP) with iterative algorithm. For good efficiency, based on the ideas that directional sampling reduces dimensionality and importance sampling focuses on the domain contributing to failure probability, the joint probability density function of importance sampling is constructed, and the sampling center is moved to MPP to ensure that more random sample points draw belong to the failure domain and the simulation efficiency is improved. Then the numerical example of initiating explosive devices for rocket booster explosive bolts demonstrates the applicability, versatility and accuracy of the approach compared with other reliability simulation algorithm.     

样本重复使用失效响应曲线分析结构可靠度方法

用基于样本重复使用失效响应曲线逼近法,为充分利用迭代过程中的样本点,提出了样本重复使用的思想,并由此发展出一种结构可靠度的计算方法.利用可靠度指标作为收敛条件,从迭代收敛后的所有样本点中选取靠近失效界线处的样本点构造失效曲线响应函数,最后通过蒙特卡洛抽样的方法计算可靠度.多个算例表明:该响应函数避免了对传统意义上的功能函数响应面的模拟,降低了模型维数,又由于适当地 引入了带交叉项、具有曲线旋转功能的响应函数,因此能够很好地逼近失效曲线,有效地提高可靠度计算精度.      

ABCLS method for high-reliability aerospace mechanism with truncated random uncertainties

The random variables are always truncated in aerospace engineering and the truncated distribution is more feasible and effective for the random variables due to the limited samples available.For high-reliability aerospace mechanism with truncated random variables, a method based on artificial bee colony(ABC) algorithm and line sampling(LS) is proposed.The artificial bee colony-based line sampling(ABCLS) method presents a multi-constrained optimization model to solve the potential non-convergence problem when calculating design point(is also as most probable point, MPP) of performance function with truncated variables; by implementing ABC algorithm to search for MPP in the standard normal space, the optimization efficiency and global searching ability are increased with this method dramatically.When calculating the reliability of aerospace mechanism with too small failure probability, the Monte Carlo simulation method needs too large sample size.The ABCLS method could overcome this drawback.For reliability problems with implicit functions, this paper combines the ABCLS with Kriging response surface method,therefore could alleviate computational burden of calculating the reliability of complex aerospace mechanism.A numerical example and an engineering example are carried out to verify this method and prove the applicability.     

New results in importance sampling [of false alarm statistics]

Importance sampling is a technique which can significantly reduce the number of Monte Carlos necessary to accurately estimate the probability of low-probability of occurrence events (e.g., the probability of false alarm P_F associated with a given detection scheme). A new technique called the Chernoff Importance Sampling Method is introduced. It is shown that the number of required Monte Carlos can be reduced by a factor of a Chernoff-like bound on P _F. In addition, techniques for choosing the multiplying factor of the distorted variance method (the most common method used in importance sampling) are presented     

An efficient algorithm for calculating Profust failure probability

For efficiently estimating the Profust failure probability based on probability input variables and fuzzy-state assumption, a General Performance Function(GPF) expression is established under the strict mathematical derivation for the Profust reliability model. By constructing the GPF,the calculation of the Profust failure probability can be transformed into the calculation of the traditional failure probability. Then various existing methods for the traditional failure probability can be used to estimate the Profust failure probability. Due to the high efficiency of the Adaptive Kriging(AK) model and the universality of the Monte Carlo Simulation(MCS), AK inserted MCS(abbreviated as AK-MCS) has been proven to be an efficient method for estimating the failure probability. Therefore, the AK-MCS combined with the GPF(abbreviated as AK-MCS + GPF)is proposed for estimating Profust failure probability. The proposed method greatly reduces the computational cost while ensuring the accuracy. Finally, four examples are given to validate the proposed AK-MCS + GPF. The results of the examples show the rationality and the efficiency of the proposed AK-MCS + GPF.     

一种基于Kriging和Monte Carlo的主动学习可靠度算法

机械结构可靠性分析时,常常会采用代理模型拟合隐式功能函数来解决计算量大的问题,但由于试验设计方案需要同时考虑代理模型的拟合精度和可靠度计算精度的问题。因此,为了能够充分使用较少的样本信息,最大化可靠度计算精度,本文充分发挥Kriging预测的随机特性,提出一种主动学习可靠度计算方法。首先,类似于优化问题中改善函数的选点方式,提出一种基于Kriging预测的学习函数,基于Monte Carlo法生成大量的候选样本点,找出学习函数最小值对应的样本点作为最佳取样点。其次,推导和提出了一种学习停止的条件,保证了Monte Carlo样本点预测符号的正确性且学习次数明显减小。最后,通过2个数值算例分析结果表明,该算法相比其他方法需要更少的样本数量,得到的可靠度计算精度更高,验证了本文算法的正确性和高效性。