Research Article

Time-Dependent Reliability-Based Design Optimization Utilizing Nonintrusive Polynomial Chaos

Table 7

Comparison of optimal design results between time-independent RBDO and proposed time-dependent RBDO.

Type ā€‰(mm) ā€‰(mm)Mean of total weight (kg)Variance of total weight

Time-independent RBDO1235.01 22.4545.2415.36310.2383
Time-dependent RBDO1239.28 22.8547.1915.98320.3369