Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis for flexoelectric nanostructures

verfasst von
Khader M. Hamdia, Hamid Ghasemi, Xiaoying Zhuang, Naif Alajlan, Timon Rabczuk
Abstract

In this paper, sensitivity analysis has been applied to identify the key input parameters influencing the energy conversion factor (ECF) of flexoelectric materials. The governing equations of flexoelectricity are modeled by a NURBS-based IGA formulation exploiting their higher order continuity and hence avoiding a complex mixed formulation. The examined input parameters include model and material properties, and the sampling has been obtained using the latin hypercube sampling (LHS) method in the probability space. The sensitivity of the model output to each of the input parameters at different aspect ratios of the beam is quantified by three various common methods, i.e. Morris One-At-a-Time (MOAT), PCE-Sobol’, and Extended Fourier amplitude sensitivity test (EFAST). The numerical results indicate that the flexoelectric constants are the most dominant factors influencing the uncertainties in the energy conversion factor, in particular the transversal flexoelectric coefficient (h12). Moreover, the model parameters also show considerable interaction effects of the material properties.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Kontinuumsmechanik
Externe Organisation(en)
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Arak University of Technology
King Saud University
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Band
337
Seiten
95-109
Anzahl der Seiten
15
ISSN
0045-7825
Publikationsdatum
01.08.2018
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Numerische Mechanik, Werkstoffmechanik, Maschinenbau, Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie, Angewandte Informatik
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2018.03.016 (Zugang: Geschlossen)
 

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