Abstract: This study shows that the type of the analytical treatment that should be adopted for nonprobabilistic analysis of uncertainty depends on the available experimental data. The main idea is based ...

Abstract: An ultrasonic technique for measuring reflection of horizontally polarized shear (SH) waves at different angles of incidence from early-age hydrating mortar and cement paste is described. Measurements from mortar with ...

Abstract: Based on the measured static displacements, an improved interval analysis technique was proposed for the structural damage identification. Due to the scarcity of uncertain information, the ...

Abstract: Two nonprobabilistic set-theoretical treatments of the initial imperfection sensitive structure—a finite column on a nonlinear mixed quadratic-cubic elastic foundation—are presented. The minimum ...

Abstract: Sensitivity analysis is a technique for quantitatively analyzing the variation in a dependent variable caused by each independent variable. In this study, a global sensitivity analysis method is proposed that is suitable ...

Abstract: Quantitative predictions of urban domestic water consumption are of great significance for the planning and management of water resources. Aimed at the uncertainty in the process of water consumption forecasting, the kernel ...