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Reliability-based design using variable-fidelity optimization
Competitive marketplaces have driven the need for simulation-based design optimization to produce efficient and cost-effective designs. However, such design practices typically do not take into account model uncertainties or manufacturing tolerances. Such designs may lie on failure-driven constraints and are characterized by a high probability of failure. Reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) methods have been developed to obtain designs that optimize a merit function while ensuring a target reliability level is satisfied. Unfortunately, these methods are notorious for the high computational expense they require to converge. In this research variable-fidelity methods are used to reduce the cost of RBDO. Variable-fidelity methods use a set of models with varying degrees of fidelity and computational expense to aid in reducing the cost of optimization. The variable-fidelity RBDO methodology developed in this investigation is demonstrated on two test cases: a nonlinear analytic problem and a high-lift airfoil design problem. For each of these problems the proposed method shows considerable savings for performing RBDO as compared with standard approaches.
Reliability-based design using variable-fidelity optimization
Competitive marketplaces have driven the need for simulation-based design optimization to produce efficient and cost-effective designs. However, such design practices typically do not take into account model uncertainties or manufacturing tolerances. Such designs may lie on failure-driven constraints and are characterized by a high probability of failure. Reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) methods have been developed to obtain designs that optimize a merit function while ensuring a target reliability level is satisfied. Unfortunately, these methods are notorious for the high computational expense they require to converge. In this research variable-fidelity methods are used to reduce the cost of RBDO. Variable-fidelity methods use a set of models with varying degrees of fidelity and computational expense to aid in reducing the cost of optimization. The variable-fidelity RBDO methodology developed in this investigation is demonstrated on two test cases: a nonlinear analytic problem and a high-lift airfoil design problem. For each of these problems the proposed method shows considerable savings for performing RBDO as compared with standard approaches.
Reliability-based design using variable-fidelity optimization
Gano, Shawn E. (author) / Renaud, John E. (author) / Agarwal, Harish (author) / Tovar, Andrés (author)
Structure and Infrastructure Engineering ; 2 ; 247-260
2006-09-01
14 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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