Kriging-Based Performance Measure Function Approximation Method for Hybrid Reliability-Based Design Optimization

Hybrid reliability-based design optimization (HRBDO) can provide an effective way to obtain the optimum design in the presence of both random and interval variables. HRBDO is typically described as a nested optimization model. It is computationally expensive when directly solving the HRBDO problem by the nested optimization method. To address this issue, this paper develops an efficient decoupled HRBDO method that aims at performance measure function approximation by the adaptive Kriging model (KPMFA). The proposed KPMFA method includes three main blocks, namely hybrid inverse reliability analysis, performance measure function approximation, and equivalent deterministic optimization. In KPMFA, the adaptation of the adaptive chaos control (ACC) algorithm for inverse reliability analysis that accommodates interval variables is developed. Moreover, an adaptive strategy with two-stage of enrichment for the Kriging model is developed to approximate performance measure functions on the region of interest. Then, the optimization can be proceeded using the Kriging model of performance measure functions. Finally, five illustrative HRBDO problems are investigated to demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed KPMFA method.