Hybrid analysis method for reliability-based design optimization

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-232

  Youn, Byeng D ^a   Choi, Kyung K ^a   Park, Young H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DESIGN; FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY;

HYBRID MEAN VALUE METHOD; PERFORMANCE MEASURE APPROACH; RELIABILITY BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY INDEX APPROACH;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0038544547     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1561042     Document Type: Article

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