... increase. 24 11 2010 03 07 2011 09 09 2011 09 09 2011 aircraft failure (mechanical) fatigue finite element analysis insulated gate bipolar transistors Monte Carlo methods power semiconductor switches probability reliability solders statistical analysis structural...

... Concepts in Engineering Planning and Design , Volume II , John Wiley & Sons , Hoboken, NJ . 22 Rubinstein , R. Y. , and Kroese , D. P. , 2007 , Simulation and the Monte Carlo Method , 2nd ed. , Wiley-Interscience , Hoboken, NJ . 19 02 2010 03 01 2011 15 06...

... RBDO design engineering Monte Carlo methods optimisation reliability sensitivity analysis 08 04 2010 20 11 2010 24 01 2011 24 01 2011 Yi , K. , Choi , K. K. , Kim , N. H. , and Botkin , M. E. , 2007 , “ Design Sensitivity Analysis...

.... Another challenge encountered in performing sensitivity analyses on models of complex systems is the computational burden. In general, local sensitivity analyses require at least two model evaluations per design variable in the model. In contrast, global analyses using Monte Carlo methods typically...

... , R. , 1979 , “ Quadratic Limit States in Structural Reliability ,” J. Engrg. Mech. Div. 0044-7951 , 105 ( 4 ), pp. 661 – 676 . Halton , J. , 1970 , “ Retrospective and Prospective Survey of the Monte Carlo Method ,” SIAM Rev. 0036-1445 , 12 ( 1 ), pp. 1 – 63 . 10.1137/1012001...

... methods. Several examples are used to demonstrate the proposed methodology. 11 08 2009 11 03 2010 20 05 2010 20 05 2010 design engineering gradient methods Monte Carlo methods optimisation probability random processes reliability theory sampling methods...

... With Discrete and Continuous Decision and Random Variables ,” ASME J. Mech. Des. 0161-8458 , 130 ( 6 ), p. 061401 . 10.1115/1.2898873 construction components design engineering failure (mechanical) failure analysis internal combustion engines Monte Carlo methods optimisation reliability...

... engineering fatigue genetic algorithms mechanical contact Monte Carlo methods rolling bearings cylindrical roller bearings logarithmic profile slicing technique optimum design genetic algorithms sensitivity analysis In general, roller bearings have larger load carrying capacity...

... Carlo methods optimisation probability reliability structural engineering vehicle dynamics vibrations 06 02 2008 21 01 2009 06 04 2009 Computational cost of deterministic re-analysis and NASTRAN for a MC simulation A test design is considered with all five...

... engineering Monte Carlo methods product design quality assurance reliability 07 01 2008 05 08 2008 11 12 2008 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... traditional reliability methods. 21 08 2006 13 08 2007 19 05 2008 failure analysis least squares approximations Monte Carlo methods reliability response surface methodology sampling methods structural engineering Monte Carlo simulation indicator function response surface...

... design engineering genetic algorithms integer programming Monte Carlo methods reliability tree searching 02 03 2007 14 12 2007 14 04 2008 2008 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

...@mail.gatech.edu Email: chris.paredis@me.gatech.edu 15 09 2005 16 01 2006 design engineering information management uncertainty handling decision making risk management pressure vessels materials properties yield strength Monte Carlo methods information economics imprecise...

... and subsystem constraints with a specified probability. design engineering uncertainty handling decision making artificial satellites Monte Carlo methods large-scale systems 23 08 2005 11 01 2006 2006 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... fatigue life with respect to the load capacity coefficient is constructed, and the Monte Carlo simulation is utilized to calculate the reliability and its sensitivities. 19 09 2005 22 12 2005 structural engineering design engineering reliability fatigue Monte Carlo methods safety...

... engineering reliability Monte Carlo methods probability The quantitative assessment of the impact of the uncertainty of input variables on a response is now widely recognized as an important and indispensable component in engineering design under uncertainty, such as reliability based design ( 1 2...

... tensile strength friction plasticity Monte Carlo methods Tightening of a screwed joint can be divided into two basic categories, where the screw is utilized either in its elastic or plastic region. The most commonly used method of tightening in the elastic region of a screw is the torque...

... is parametrized using several design parameters that span a large range of values. In this paper both the unconstrained and the constrained workspaces (i.e., workspace with joint limits) are used. For the workspace of each design configuration three performance indices are calculated using a Monte Carlo method...

... in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received Feb. 2000. Associate Editor: H. Lankarani. 01 Feb 2000 06 08 2002 rotors vibrations tolerance analysis random processes Monte Carlo methods manufacturing processes The unbalanced forces in rotors are random due...