First-order approximation methods in reliability-based design optimization

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 851-857

  Chiralaksanakul, Anukal ^a,b   Mahadevan, Sankaran ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD (FORM); RELIABILITY BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (RBDO);

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 24344458154     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1899691     Document Type: Article

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