DESIGN POTENTIAL CONCEPT FOR RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION

This paper presents a design potential concept for reliability-based design optimization by integrating the probability analysis into the design optimization process. The reliability-based system parameter design is illustrated by the design potential concept in a unified system space, where design potential surfaces are derived from first-order reliability methods and an adaptive strategy is developed for robust and more efficient probabilistic constraint evaluation. More important, the design potential concept provides an in-depth understanding of reliability-based design optimization and leads to a design potential method that can significantly accelerate the process of robust system parameter design optimization.

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