Verification, Validation and Sensitivity Analysis
Prove your work is right and that it represents reality — with acceptance criteria stated in advance.
Prove your work is right and that it represents reality — with acceptance criteria stated in advance.
Learning objectives
- Distinguish verification from validation
- Write acceptance criteria
- Plan a sensitivity study
Engineering guidance
Verification asks 'did I solve the equations right'. Validation asks 'did I solve the right equations'.
FE Civil connection
Mechanics of Materials
Handbook §16 — Independent checking (placeholder)
- What is an independent check?
- Which parameter dominates a settlement estimate?
- How is uncertainty reported?
Technical methodology planner
Plan Chapter 3 against the exact equations, standards, data sources and design checks you will execute in Capstone II.