Mechanism reliability under hybrid uncertainties via generalized F-discrepancy
摘要
Inherent uncertainties in mechanisms pose significant challenges to motion reliability assessment, especially in strongly nonlinear systems. To address the limitations of traditional approximate analytical methods in terms of accuracy and efficiency, this study proposes a dynamic reliability analysis framework based on a generalized F-discrepancy (GF-discrepancy)–based representative point selection method under hybrid random–interval uncertainties. By introducing interval variables to characterize epistemic uncertainty, the proposed approach extends reliability evaluation from point estimates to interval-based reliability bounds and better reflects practical engineering conditions. Numerical examples involving both purely random and hybrid random–interval uncertainties demonstrate that the proposed method achieves accuracy comparable to Monte Carlo simulation while requiring significantly fewer samples, thereby substantially improving computational efficiency.