Decoupled approach to multidisciplinary design optimization under uncertainty

Decoupled approach to multidisciplinary design optimization under uncertainty

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Article ID: iaor20081562
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 21
End Page Number: 42
Publication Date: Mar 2007
Journal: Optimization and Engineering
Authors: ,
Keywords: engineering, programming: probabilistic
Abstract:

We propose solution methods for multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) under uncertainty. This is a class of stochastic optimization problems that engineers are often faced with in a realistic design process of complex systems. Our approach integrates solution methods for reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) with solution methods for deterministic MDO problems. The integration is enabled by the use of a deterministic equivalent formulation and the first order Taylor's approximation in these RBDO methods. We discuss three specific combinations: the RBDO methods with the multidisciplinary feasibility method, the all-at-once method, and the individual disciplinary feasibility method. Numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the procedure.

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