Tolerance allocation under behavioural simulation uncertainty of a multiphysical system

Abstract The tolerancing process impacts the product quality, the production cost and scrap rate. Tight tolerances allow to assure product performance; loose tolerances to reduce production cost. The tolerance allocation of a complex system is performed under uncertainty. In fact, the accuracy of the behaviour simulation of the system significantly affects the tolerance analysis result, and thus the tolerance allocation result. Therefore, a method is proposed to perform tolerance allocation based on the Dempster Shafer theory, Monte-Carlo simulation and genetic algorithm. The application of the proposed framework is demonstrated through a complex case study.