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A predictive multiphase model of silica aerogels for building envelope insulations

Tan, J ; Sharif University of Technology | 2022

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1007/s00466-022-02150-5
  3. Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2022
  4. Abstract:
  5. This work develops a systematic uncertainty quantification framework to assess the reliability of prediction delivered by physics-based material models in the presence of incomplete measurement data and modeling error. The framework consists of global sensitivity analysis, Bayesian inference, and forward propagation of uncertainty through the computational model. The implementation of this framework on a new multiphase model of novel porous silica aerogel materials is demonstrated to predict the thermomechanical performances of a building envelope insulation component. The uncertainty analyses rely on sampling methods, including Markov-chain Monte Carlo and a mixed finite element solution of the multiphase model. Notable features of this work are investigating a new noise model within the Bayesian inversion to prevent biased estimations and characterizing various sources of uncertainty, such as measurements variabilities, model inadequacy in capturing microstructural randomness, and modeling errors incurred by the theoretical model and numerical solutions. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature
  6. Keywords:
  7. Bayesian inference ; Predictive modeling ; Silica aerogel ; Uncertainty quantification ; Aerogels ; Bayesian networks ; Computation theory ; Inference engines ; Monte Carlo methods ; Sensitivity analysis ; Silica gel ; Solar buildings ; Building envelopes ; Continuum mixture theory ; Model errors ; Multiphase modeling ; Physics-based ; Predictive models ; Silica aerogels ; Systematic uncertainties ; Uncertainty quantifications ; Uncertainty analysis
  8. Source: Computational Mechanics ; Volume 69, Issue 6 , 2022 , Pages 1457-1479 ; 01787675 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00466-022-02150-5