Predictive computational models associated with the mechanics of materials (MOM) offer great potential for enabling large reductions in the cost and time to develop new products and manufacturing procedures. Unfortunately, this potential is currently limited because very rarely are such models adequately and broadly proven to yield trustworthy, accurate, quantitative results for which the level of uncertainty has been quantified. In this regard, the need for rigorous verification and validation (V&V) of these models cannot be overestimated, yet is extremely lacking within the relevant MOM communities. There is thus a strong need to help these communities accelerate the widespread adoption and implementation of such V&V activities. In this vein, concise definitions of verification and validation have been provided by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME),1 and can be applied here as well: • Verification: The process of determining that a computational model accurately represents the underlying mathematical model and its solution • Validation: The process of determining the degree to which a model is an accurate representation of the real world from the perspective of the intended uses of the model The overarching goal of this workshop and report is thus to help facilitate the widespread and rigorous adoption of V&V by both computational modelers and experimentalists in MOM-related communities.
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Comparison of Implicit Time Stepping to the Scheme with "Apparent Heat Capacity" for a Thermal Model of Permafrost with Surface Terrain Dependent Boundary Conditions
- PAR ID:
- 10556804
- Editor(s):
- Sequeira, Adelia; Silvestre, Ana; Valtchev, svilen; Janela, Joao
- Publisher / Repository:
- accepted to Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications (ENUMATH 2023) Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering
- Date Published:
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 2024
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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