Citation

Kloess A, Mourelatos ZP, Meernik PR. Int. J. Veh. Des. 2004; 34(2): 101-125.

Affiliation

Vehicle Development Research Lab, General Motors Research and Development Center, Warren, MI 48090 9055, United States

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Inderscience Publishers)

DOI

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Abstract

A math-based method is described for including design and process variation and uncertainty into the assessment of a product's performance. The computational efficiency and accuracy of several probabilistic methods are demonstrated using an automotive body-door system. The performance of the body-door system is assessed with respect to freedom from wind noise and water leaks and acceptable door closing effort using Monte Carlo simulations, advanced mean value plus, and adaptive importance sampling techniques. Physics-based models for calculating body-door seal gap and door closing energy are used to determine a design's performance in terms of freedom from wind noise and water leaks and acceptable door closing effort. To reduce the computation time, response surface approximations are created as an alternative to the more complex physics-based models. The accuracy of the approximate probabilistic techniques is evaluated by comparing their results to probabilities obtained from Monte Carlo simulations.

Language: en