Industrial issues and solutions to statistical model improvement: a case study of an automobile steering column

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Industrial issues and solutions to statistical model improvement: a case study of an automobile steering column Hyejeong Son 1 & Guesuk Lee 1 & Kyeonghwan Kang 2 & Young-Jin Kang 3 & Byeng D. Youn 1,4,5 & Ikjin Lee 2 & Yoojeong Noh 3 Received: 18 September 2019 / Revised: 30 December 2019 / Accepted: 29 January 2020 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020

Abstract Statistical model improvement consists of model calibration, validation, and refinement techniques. It aims to increase the accuracy of computational models. Although engineers in industrial fields are expanding the use of computational models in the process of product development, many field engineers still hesitate to perform statistical model improvement due to its practical aspects. Therefore, this paper describes research aimed at addressing three practical issues that hinder statistical model improvement in industrial fields: (1) lack of experimental data for quantifying uncertainties of true responses, (2) numerical input variables for propagating uncertainties of the computational model, and (3) model form uncertainties in the computational model. Issues 1 and 2 deal with difficulties in uncertainty quantification of experimental and computational responses. Issue 3 focuses on model form uncertainties, which are due to the excessive simplification of computational modeling; simplification is employed to reduce the calculation cost. Furthermore, the paper outlines solutions to address these three issues, specifically: (1) kernel density estimation with estimated bounded data, (2–1) variance-based variable screening, (2–2) surrogate modeling, and (3) a model refinement approach. By examining the computational model of an automobile steering column, these techniques are shown to demonstrate efficient statistical model improvement. This case study shows that the suggested approaches can actively reduce the burden in statistical model improvement and increase the accuracy of computational modeling, thereby encouraging its use in industry. Keywords Statistical model improvement . Uncertainty characterization . Uncertainty propagation . Model refinement . Statistical model calibration . Statistical validation . Automobile steering column

1 Introduction Responsible editor: KK Choi * Byeng D. Youn [email protected] * Ikjin Lee [email protected] * Yoojeong Noh [email protected] 1

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea

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School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Pusan 46241, Republic of Korea

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Institute of Advanced Machines and Design, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea

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OnePredict Inc., Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea

Computer-aided engineering (CAE) plays a vital role in designing engineered products. To substitute expensive experiments, in CAE, a computat