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Quantifying uncertainty in structural responses of polymer sandwich composites: a comparative analysis of neural networks

Quantifying uncertainty in structural responses of polymer sandwich composites: a comparative analysis of neural networks
Quantifying uncertainty in structural responses of polymer sandwich composites: a comparative analysis of neural networks

The manufacturing and fabrication of complex polymer sandwich composite plates involve various processes and parameters, and the lack of control over them causes uncertain system parameters. It is essential to consider randomness in varying parameters to analyse polymer sandwich composite plates. The present study portrays uncertainty quantification in structural responses (such as natural frequencies) of polymer sandwich composite plates using the surrogate model. The comparative study of artificial neural network (ANN) and polynomial neural network (PNN) for uncertain structural responses of the sandwich plate is presented. The proposed ANN as well as PNN algorithm is found to be convergent with intensive Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) for uncertain vibration responses. The predictability of PNN is observed to be more efficient than that of ANN. Typical material properties, skew angle, fibre orientation angle, number of laminate and core thickness are randomly varied to quantify the uncertainties. The use of both the surrogate models (PNN and ANN) results in a significant saving of computational time and cost compared to that of full-scale intensive finite element-based MCS approach.

Artificial neural network, Monte carlo simulation, Polymer sandwich plate, Polynomial neural network, Randomness
2366-2557
305-315
Springer Singapore
Kumar, R. R.
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Mukhopadhyay, T.
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Pandey, K. M.
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Dey, S.
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Adhikari, Sondipon
Dutta, Anjan
Choudhury, Satyabrata
Kumar, R. R.
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Mukhopadhyay, T.
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Pandey, K. M.
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Dey, S.
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Adhikari, Sondipon
Dutta, Anjan
Choudhury, Satyabrata

Kumar, R. R., Mukhopadhyay, T., Pandey, K. M. and Dey, S. (2021) Quantifying uncertainty in structural responses of polymer sandwich composites: a comparative analysis of neural networks. Adhikari, Sondipon, Dutta, Anjan and Choudhury, Satyabrata (eds.) In Advances in Structural Technologies - Select Proceedings of CoAST 2019. vol. 81, Springer Singapore. pp. 305-315 . (doi:10.1007/978-981-15-5235-9_23).

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Abstract

The manufacturing and fabrication of complex polymer sandwich composite plates involve various processes and parameters, and the lack of control over them causes uncertain system parameters. It is essential to consider randomness in varying parameters to analyse polymer sandwich composite plates. The present study portrays uncertainty quantification in structural responses (such as natural frequencies) of polymer sandwich composite plates using the surrogate model. The comparative study of artificial neural network (ANN) and polynomial neural network (PNN) for uncertain structural responses of the sandwich plate is presented. The proposed ANN as well as PNN algorithm is found to be convergent with intensive Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) for uncertain vibration responses. The predictability of PNN is observed to be more efficient than that of ANN. Typical material properties, skew angle, fibre orientation angle, number of laminate and core thickness are randomly varied to quantify the uncertainties. The use of both the surrogate models (PNN and ANN) results in a significant saving of computational time and cost compared to that of full-scale intensive finite element-based MCS approach.

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Published date: 2021
Additional Information: Funding Information: The first author would like to acknowledge the financial support received from MHRD, Government of India during this research work. Funding Information: Acknowledgements The first author would like to acknowledge the financial support received from MHRD, Government of India during this research work. Publisher Copyright: © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2021.
Venue - Dates: National Conference on Advances in Structural Technology, CoAST 2019, , Silchar, India, 2019-02-01 - 2019-02-03
Keywords: Artificial neural network, Monte carlo simulation, Polymer sandwich plate, Polynomial neural network, Randomness

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Local EPrints ID: 483889
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/483889
ISSN: 2366-2557
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Date deposited: 07 Nov 2023 18:05
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Author: R. R. Kumar
Author: T. Mukhopadhyay
Author: K. M. Pandey
Author: S. Dey
Editor: Sondipon Adhikari
Editor: Anjan Dutta
Editor: Satyabrata Choudhury

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