Reliability-based optimization of design variance to identify critical tolerances

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-311

  Benanzer, Todd W ^a   Grandhi, Ramana V ^a   Krol, William P ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost modeling; RBDO; UUV

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; DESIGN; MACHINE DESIGN; RELIABILITY; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SUBMERSIBLES;

BAR TRUSSES; COST MINIMIZATIONS; COST MODELING; DESIGN CHANGES; DESIGN OPTIMIZATIONS; DESIGN VARIABLES; MATERIAL VARIABILITIES; MEAN VALUES; PRODUCT COSTS; RBDO; STATIC LOADINGS; STATISTICAL VARIABLES; UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLES; UUV; VARIANCE CONTROLS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 57949084497     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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