In the deterministic design optimization [1,2], the designer aims to reduce the engineering design cost without caring about the effects of uncertainties concerning materials, geometry and loading. The resulting optimal solution may therefore represent an inappropriate reliability level. However, the integration of reliability analysis during the optimization process leads to reduce the structural weight in uncritical regions that does not only provide an improved design but also a higher level of confidence in the design. This approach can be carried out in two separate spaces: the physical space and the normalized space. Since many repeated searches are needed in the above two spaces, the computational time for such an optimization is a big problem. The solution of the above nested problems leads to a high computational cost, especially for large-scale structures. The major difficulty lies in the structural reliability evaluation, which is carried out by a special optimization procedure. In order to improve the numerical performance, an efficient method is developed based on the optimality conditions. In this work, we use a statistical study of the soil tillage forces, based on soil property randomness.



