A novel dynamic reliability-based topology optimization (DRBTO) framework for continuum structures via interval-process collocation and the first-passage theories

In view of the general inertia and damping features as well as the inevitable uncertainty factors in engineering structures, a novel dynamic reliability-based topology optimization (DRBTO) strategy is investigated for time-variant mechanical systems with overall consideration of material dispersion and loading deviation effects. The static interval-set model is first utilized to quantify multi-source uncertainty inputs and the transient...