Integrating optimization and reliability tools into the design of agricultural machines

Agricultural machines should be designed to be optimal and reliable. Although, the deterministic design approach does not guarantee these requirements, it is traditionally applied in the design of agricultural machines. This is due to the difficulties to model the stochastic nature of the forces acting on agricultural machines, especially the forces acting on tillage machines. Therefore, the main objective of this work is to develop a general framework for the design of agricultural machines by integrating the optimization and the reliability tools