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In this paper, a model validation framework is proposed and applied to a large vibro-acoustic finite element (FE) model of a passenger car. The framework introduces a p-box approach with an efficient quantification scheme of uncertainty sources and a new area metric which is relevant to the responses in the frequency domain. To prioritize the input uncertainties out of the enormous FE model, the experts’ knowledge is utilized to select candidate input parameters which have large potential influences on the response of interests (ROI) among several thousands of input parameters. Next, a variance-based sensitivity analysis with an orthogonal array is introduced in effort to quantify the influence of the selected input parameters on the ROIs. The employment of the eigenvector dimension reduction method and orthogonal combinations of interval-valued input parameters provides the p-box of the ROI even if the size of the FE model is very large. A color map and the u-pooling of the p-boxes over the frequency band as well as the p-box at different frequencies are introduced to assess the model error and quantitative contributions of the aleatory and the epistemic input uncertainties to the overall variability of the ROIs in the frequency domain. After assessing the model error, the FE model is updated. It was found that the sensitivity results and the experts’ knowledge about the associated components effectively determine the modifications of the component models and the input parameter values during the updating process.
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This work was supported by the Industrial Strategic Technology Development Program (Grant No. 10048305), funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MI, Korea).
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Lee, D., Kim, N.H. & Kim, HS. Validation and updating in a large automotive vibro-acoustic model using a P-box in the frequency domain. Struct Multidisc Optim 54, 1485–1508 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-016-1427-0
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