Design optimization with system-level reliability constraints

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  McDonald, M ^a   Mahadevan, S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

First order reliability method; Optimization; RBDO; Reliability based design; Single loop; System reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY;

FIRST-ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 44649122162     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2813782     Document Type: Article

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