Title :
Optimizing Trade-Offs of Reliability vs Weight
Author_Institution :
Central Engineering Laboratories, FMC Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif.
Abstract :
The necessary mathematical conditions are derived for maximizing system reliability for a given system weight or minimizing system weight for a given reliability. Cost may also be introduced. Several efficient methods of calculation are reviewed for determining the optimized reliability-weight relations.
Keywords :
Assembly; Cost function; Design optimization; Equations; Genetic expression; Laboratories; Lagrangian functions; Maintenance; Optimization methods; Reliability engineering;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1963.5218227