Cookbook and Examples

Below is a list of examples on how to use mvmlib to solve practical design problems and quantify design margins for them.

Contents:

• Defining fuzzy logic system for evaluating TRS performance
  • Define fuzzy parameters
  • Define fuzzy rules
  • Fuzzy inference on a single loadcase
  • Fuzzy inference on multiple combinations of loads (2D parameter space)
  • Definition of uncertain requirements
  • Elements of Margin Analysis Network (MAN)
  • Running the MAN inside a Monte-Carlo simulation
• Identification of design margins in the design of a strut
  • Defining the components of the margin analysis network
  • Calculation of the value of excess margins in the strut
  • Effect of uncertainty in the nominal values of the input specifications \(T_1\) and \(T_2\)
  • The effect of design parameters on change absorption and impact on performance
• Using mvmlib to define univariate and multivariate probability density functions
  • Simple 1-dimensional uniform distribution
  • 1-dimensional Gaussian distribution
  • 1-dimensional arbitrary distribution
  • 2-dimensional Gaussian distribution
  • Define a two dimensional arbitrary joint PDF