General Approach for Robust Optimal Design

这项研究的目的是开发一种通用的、严格的稳健优化设计方法。这种方法将允许设计者明确地考虑和控制设计变量和参数中的可变性对设计的影响。变异性是根据包含波动数量变化的公差来定义的。线性公差分析和非线性公差分析都将被研究。通过对10个工程设计问题的应用，验证了该方法的可行性和稳健性。选择这些问题是为了提供适用于广泛工程领域的例子。//

The purpose of this research is to develop a general, rigorous approach for robust optimal design. This methodology will allow a designer to explicitly consider and control the effects of variability in design variables and parameters on a design. Variability is defined in terms of tolerances which bracket the variation of fluctuating quantities. Both linear and nonlinear tolerances analysis will be studied. The methodology for feasibility robustness will be validated by applying it to ten engineering design problems. The problems will be chosen to provide examples with applicability to a broad spectrum of engineering fields.//