Review of uncertainty-based multidisciplinary design optimization methods for aerospace vehicles

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 450-479

  Yao, Wen ^a   Chen, Xiaoqian ^a   Luo, Wencai ^a   Van Tooren, Michel ^b   Guo, Jian ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Optimization under uncertainty; Reliability based design optimization; Robust design optimization; UMDO procedure; Uncertainty analysis; Uncertainty based multidisciplinary design optimization

Indexed keywords

MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; ROBUST DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; UMDO PROCEDURE;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AEROSPACE VEHICLES; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MACHINE DESIGN; MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052732756     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2011.05.001     Document Type: Review

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