Virtual prototyping in a Design-for-Reliability approach
Abstract The main purpose of the paper is to present a methodological approach combining experiments and simulations for virtual prototyping in a Design-for-Reliability approach. Two examples illustrate the methodology and the importance of a wise choice of the adequate failure criterion for numerical modelling. In the first example, the stress induced in silicon is axial whereas it is radial in the second case. Strength data recorded from three-point-bend tests have been regarded in the first case, whereas in the second case, ball-on-ring test results have been considered.