Probabilistic Entropy in Analysis of Composite Materials, Volume II

Dear Colleagues,

Probabilistic entropy is a generalization of the entropy known from thermodynamics and it serves as some alternative measure in uncertainty (disorder) analysis in structural mechanics. It has been defined for discrete probability distributions by Shannon (1948) in the area of information technology and then, extended towards continuous probability distributions. More advances mathematical theories have been developed by Renyi, Sinai, Tsallis as well as Kullback and Leibler. This last entropy definition has been introduced as some alternative model for the reliability index widely available in durability assessment and prediction. Contrary to the well-established stochastic numerical methods, probabilistic entropy was accidentally applied in structural analysis until now. This special issue is to collect some papers related to probabilistic entropy applications and computations in the area of composite materials. These works may be related to the application of both analytical methods as well as simulation (Monte-Carlo) techniques. The papers related to the Maximum Entropy Principle or the Stochastic Finite Element Methods based upon stochastic perturbation approach, Karhunen-Loeve or polynomial chaos expansions are welcome. They may study mechanical, thermal or coupled problems in the area of widely understood random composites including also some stochastic imperfections (dislocations, cracks and interface defects). A special interest is associated with entropy fluctuations related to nonlinear deformations and vibrations or non-steady thermal phenomena in fiber-reinforced or particulate composites.

Prof. Dr. Marcin Kamiński
Guest Editor

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• probabilistic entropy
• relative entropy
• uncertainty analysis
• stochastic composite materials
• stochastic ageing of composites
• composite materials reliability
• stochastic finite element method
• homogenization method