International Journal of Automotive Technology

The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (한국자동차공학회)
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ROBUST RELIABILITY DESIGN OF VEHICLE COMPONENTS WITH ARBITRARY DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS

  • Zhang, Y. (College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University) ;
  • He, X. (College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University) ;
  • Liu, Q. (College of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Nanling Campus, Jilin University) ;
  • Wen, B. (College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University)
  • Published : 2006.12.01
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Abstract

This study employed the perturbation method, the Edgeworth series, the reliability optimization, the reliability sensitivity technique and the robust design to present a practical and effective approach for the robust reliability design of vehicle components with arbitrary distribution parameters on the condition of known first four moments of original random variables. The theoretical formulae of the robust reliability design for vehicle components with arbitrary distribution parameters are obtained. The reliability sensitivity is added to the reliability optimization design model and the robust reliability design is described as a multi-objection optimization. On the condition of known first four moments of original random variables, the respective program can be used to obtain the robust reliability design parameters of vehicle components with arbitrary distribution parameters accurately and quickly.

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