Research Progress Analysis of Reliability Design Method Based on Axiomatic Design Theory

With the increasing complexity of the product, the conventional reliability design methods can hardly support the realization of high reliability requirements, and how to carry out high reliability design has become the bottleneck problem which is urgent to be solved in the product development. As a conceptual decision design method of product design, Axiomatic Design is combined with reliability design, which provides a new way to solve the problem of high reliability design of products. This paper analyzes the common reliability design methods and the existed problems. The concepts of Axiomatic Design theory such as the independence axiom and information axiom are introduced. The complexity theory and relationship between complexity and reliability design are reviewed. The research progresses related to the reliability Axiomatic Design method are intensively analyzed. A kind of research thought of using Axiomatic Design theory to solve reliability design problems is proposed. Finally the research trends are prospected.