Application of Probabilistic Distribution Matching PATC on Robust Multi-Scale Design

Abstract:

Multiscale design dealing with a 2-scale material and product system is implemented by employing the probabilistic distribution matching probabilistic analytical target cascading method (PATC-PCE) in this paper. PATC-PCE allows design autonomy at each scale subsystem by formulating the multiscale design system as a multilevel design structure. The probabilistic distribution matching strategy in PATC-PCE can quantify the stochastic interrelated responses accurately enough. Comparative study on a multiscale bracket design problem shows that the results obtained by our method are very close to the benchmark values. PATC-PCE is demonstrated to be highly effective and applicable on multi-scale design.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 479-481)
• Pages: 1665-1669
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.479-481.1665
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Gao Rong Sun
• Keywords: Material and Product Design, Multiscale Design, Probabilistic Analytical Target Cascading, Probabilistic Matching

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