A single-loop method for reliability-based design optimisation

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 76-92

  Liang, Jinghong ^a   Mourelatos, Zissimos P ^a   Tu, Jian ^b  

^a Oakland University   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Optimisation; Probabilistic methods; Reliability analysis; Reliability based design optimisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149149377     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2008.016371     Document Type: Article

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