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Title Reliability engineering advances / Gregory I. Hayworth, editor
Published Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 441 pages) : some color illustrations
Contents Reliability Engineering Advances; Contents; Preface; Review of Studies on the Detrimental Effects of Solid Contaminants in Lubricated Machine Element Contacts; Abstract; 1. Introduction ; 2. Sources of Solid Contaminants ; 3. Types of Debris Particles; 4. Detrimental Effects of Debris Particles in Lubricated Contacts; 5. Particle Behaviour and Mechanisms of Damage to Lubricated Contacts ; 6. Conclusion ; Acknowledgments ; References; Statistical Reliability with Applications to Defense; Abstract ; 1. Prognostics and Health Management ; 2. Integrating Statistical System Reliability into PHM
3. Enterprise Level Logistics Support Models 4. System-of-Systems Modeling and Simulation ; Conclusion ; References ; Reliability-Based Design of Railway Prestressed Concrete Sleepers; Abstract; 1. Introduction ; 2. Current Design Practice; 3. Dynamic Track Forces; 4. Capacity of Prestressed Concrete Sleepers ; 5. Reliability Concept ; 6. Reliability-Based Design ; 7. Safety Index ; 8. Limit State Design of Prestressed Concrete Sleepers ; 9. Summary ; Acknowledgments ; References ; Reliability Estimation of Individual Predictions in Supervised Learning; Abstract; 1. Introduction
2. Model-(In)Dependence of the Approach3. Model-Independent Approaches: Foundations; 4. Model-Independent Reliability Estimates; 5. Empirical Evaluation and Comparison of Estimates; 6. Automatic Selection of the Most Appropriate Estimate for the Given Domain/Model Pair; 7. Application on a Real Domain; 8. Conclusion; References; A Full Performance Management Policy for a Geographically Disperse System Aimed to Continuous Reliability Improvement; Abstract ; 1. Introduction ; 2. System Identification ; 3. Component Reliability Analysis ; 4. Analysis of Area Performance ; 5. Management Policies
6. Conclusion References ; Structural Reliability Aspects for Advanced Composite Material Applications; Abstract ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Assessment of structural time independent probability of failure ; 3. Probabilistic Analysis of Composite Structures ; 4. High Order Response Surface Generation; 5. Conclusion ; Acknowledgments ; References; Meta-modelling Based Approximation Methods for Structural Reliability Analysis; Abstract ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Overview of the Metamodeling Techniques ; 3. Special Metamodeling Techniques for Structural Reliability Analysis ; 4. Conclusion; References
Seismic Reliability of Nonlinear Structural SystemsAbstract; 1. Seismic Response of a Structural System ; 2. Illustrative Examples ; References ; Time Dependent Seismic Reliability Analysis of Structure with Uncertain System Parameter; Abstract ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Background of Seismic Reliability Analysis ; 3. The Ground Motion Model ; 4. The Stochastic Dynamic Analyses; 5. Sensitivity of Stocahstic Responses ; 6. Parameter Uncertainty and Total Reliability ; 7. Numerical Example ; 8. Conclusion ; Acknowledgement; References
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Reliability (Engineering)
Systems engineering.
systems engineering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Quality Control.
Reliability (Engineering)
Systems engineering
Form Electronic book
Author Hayworth, Gregory I
LC no. 2009009171
ISBN 9781608769711
1608769712
1606923293
9781606923290