Abstract: Mathematical optimization plays an important role in engineering design, leading to greatly improved performance. Deterministic optimization, however, may result in undesired choices because it ...

Abstract: An efficient approach for series system reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) is presented. The key idea is to apportion optimally the system reliability among the failure modes by considering ...

Abstract: A probabilistic analysis is presented for studying the variation effects on the main bearing performance of an I.C. engine system, under structural dynamic conditions. For computational efficiency, ...