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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2013.37.8.975

Solving Probability Constraint in Robust Optimization by Minimizing Percent Defective  

Lee, Kwang Ki (Consulting Team, VP Korea)
Park, Chan Kyoung (KRRI, Railway Standard TFT)
Kim, Geun Yeon (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Dong-A Univ.)
Lee, Kwon Hee (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Dong-A Univ.)
Han, Sang Wook (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Dong-A Univ.)
Han, Seung Ho (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Dong-A Univ.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.37, no.8, 2013 , pp. 975-981 More about this Journal
Abstract
A robust optimization is only one of the ways to minimize the effects of variances in design variables on the objective functions at the preliminary design stage. To predict the variances and to formulate the probabilistic constraints are the most important procedures for the robust optimization formulation. Though several methods such as the process capability index and the six sigma technique were proposed for the prediction and formulation of the variances and probabilistic constraints, respectively, there are few attempts using a percent defective which has been widely applied in the quality control of the manufacturing process for probabilistic constraints. In this study, the robust optimization for a lower control arm of automobile vehicle was carried out, in which the design space showing the mean and variance sensitivity of weight and stress was explored before robust optimization for a lower control arm. The 2nd order Taylor expansion for calculating the standard deviation was used to improve the numerical accuracy for predicting the variances. Simplex algorithm which does not use the gradient information in optimization was used to convert constrained optimization into unconstrained one in robust optimization.
Keywords
Robust Optimization; Percent Defective; Probability Constraint; Simplex Algorithm;
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