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Reliability-based design for automobiles in China

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The level of automobile design and manufacturing is an important sign of leadership in science and technology and economic power. The achievements of theories and methods for reliability-based design of automobiles in China are reviewed. For reliability-based design, the theories and practices, optimization, sensitivity, and robustness are estimated. The techniques of reliability-based design for automobiles are developed. The techniques service to the “hollow” phenomena of kernel technology, product innovative power, and independent development power can be solved.

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Zhang, Y. Reliability-based design for automobiles in China. Front. Mech. Eng. China 3, 369–376 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-008-0064-8

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