Reliability-Based Design of Representative Wing and Tail System Together with Structural Tests

摘要: Mostreliability-basedoptimizationstudiesfocusonvariablesthatareavailableinthedesignstage.However,ithas been shown that inclusion of postdesign measures, such as structural tests and health monitoring, can lead to better design choices. More recently, a new reliability-based framework include both predesign uncertainty-reduction variables has proposed in an earlier work. The present study elaborates on by including the system reliability considerations. A representative wing tail is considered this study, are designed together with their corresponding tests. number coupon tests, element additional company knockdown factors for each component selected perform optimization minimum direct operating cost. It found optimum factor larger than tail, becauseasmallfractionofthewingmaterialismovedtotailforoptimalreliabilityallocation.Itisalsofoundthatthe or equal tail. Finally, be smaller