A new study on reliability- based design optimization

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 557-564

  Tu, J ^a   Choi, K K ^a   Park, Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY;

PERFORMANCE MEASURE APPROACH (PMA); RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (RBDO);

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0033296449     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829499     Document Type: Article

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