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The reliability-based design optimization, the reliability sensitivity analysis and robust design method are employed to present a practical and effective approach for reliability-based robust design optimization of vehicle components. A procedure for reliability-based robust design optimization of vehicle components is proposed. Application of the method is illustrated by reliability-based robust design optimization of axle and spring. Numerical results have shown that the proposed method can be trusted to perform reliability-based robust design optimization of vehicle components.
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Zhang, Y. Reliability-based robust design optimization of vehicle components, Part I: Theory. Front. Mech. Eng. 10, 138–144 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-015-0333-2
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