... reliability models. Manuscript received February 18, 2017; final manuscript received April 2, 2018; published online April 30, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Faisal Khan. 18 02 2017 02 04 2018 Computational reliability methods Failure Mechanical Reliability The analysis...

... Mechanical Structures Uncertainty Stall flutter is an aeroelastic phenomenon associated with various flow-induced dynamical systems that undergo large angle movement in a cyclic fashion and face significant flow separation. The complex flow-dynamics is strongly nonlinear, and the subsequent...

... mechanical properties for the linear elastic regime of behavior at 200C and 400C and at the low strain-rate involved. Values for Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio were taken from literature sources [ 11 , 12 ], respectively. Yield stresses were taken from test data at 0.2% strain offset. Table 1...

... online December 5, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Chimba Mkandawire. 05 04 2017 14 08 2017 Collision Crash Failure Impact Mechanical Performance Rollover Safety Structural reliability Structures Transportation Annually, there are 7600 ejections through a door opening during...

... of the cyclic number of the failure at the different corresponding constant cyclic stress levels and (2) the distribution functions of the cyclic stress amplitudes at different corresponding constant cyclic numbers [ 1 – 4 ]. Aerospace Computational reliability methods Failure Mechanical Probability...

... − ( ( n j , I k ) T n j k ) 2 and for constraint r at x j , I I k , it reads d w j k d t = 1 1 − ( ( n j , I I k ) T n j k ) 2 Decision making Mechanical Robustness...

.... 30 08 2016 05 06 2017 Mechanical Performance Uncertainty Cable-based parallel architectures are of significant interest due to the advantages offered over their rigid-link counterparts. Replacing articulated arms by light-weight cable elements results in simpler construction...

.... Manuscript received July 7, 2016; final manuscript received March 27, 2017; published online September 7, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Yan Wang. 07 07 2016 27 03 2017 Mechanical Probability Robustness Structures Uncertainty Bayesian inference relies on the development...

...; final manuscript received January 25, 2017; published online September 7, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Laura Swiler. This work is in part a work of the U.S. Government. ASME disclaims all interest in the U.S. Government's contributions. 01 09 2016 25 01 2017 Energy Mechanical Uncertainty...

... that large tsunamis will likely hit the coast of Japan if earthquakes with magnitude greater than eight occur along the Nankai Trough. Earthquake Emergency response Flood Infrastructure Mechanical Natural disaster Software Tsunami 28 01 2016 21 04 2017 Manuscript received...

...) of the features in a sketch with respect to images of an actual mechanical component [ 44 ]. The concept of similarity is complex and can be used to describe several characteristics of different images. Therefore, this paper focuses only on the shape similarity measurement, which is based on the comparison...

..., 2016; published online June 13, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Mohammad Pourgol-Mohammad. 26 05 2016 24 11 2016 Failure Fault tree Marine Mechanical Water Centrifugal pumps (CPs) are very popular in the commercial, agricultural, and household applications. In many cases...

...Mario Di Paola; Francesco Paolo Pinnola 03 05 2017 03 05 2017 Mechanical Random Risk analysis The fractional calculus, namely, the calculus of integrals and derivatives of real or complex order, has captured considerable popularity and importance in engineering...

...). The manuscript was realized within the auspices of the INdAM–GNAMPA Project 2017 titled Equazioni Differenziali non lineari (Prot_2017). References [1] Carpinteri , A. , and Mainardi , F. , 1997 , Fractals and Fractional Calculus in Continuum Mechanics , Springer-Verlag , Wien, Austria...

... of interval stiffness or interval fractional damping, respectively. Manuscript received November 29, 2016; final manuscript received March 10, 2017; published online June 12, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Francesco Paolo Pinnola. 29 11 2016 10 03 2017 Mechanical Probability Random...

... is regarded as a multibody system with ten degrees-of-freedom, and the track subsystem is treated as finite Euler–Bernoulli beams supported on a discrete–elastic foundation. Mechanical characteristic of the rubber spring due to harmonic excitations is analyzed to clarify the stiffness and damping dependencies...

... October 9, 2016; published online June 12, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Ioannis Kougioumtzoglou. 22 06 2016 09 10 2016 Fractional calculus generally can be regarded as an extension of the classical differential calculus. Until now, a limited use of such tool can be observed in mechanics...

...G. Alotta; N. Colinas-Armijo It is well known that mechanical parameters of polymeric materials, e.g., epoxy resin, are strongly influenced by the temperature. On the other hand, in many applications, the temperature is not known exactly during the design process and this introduces uncertainties...

... analysis method and load model, we did not consider the effect of rotation to simplify the problem. Fig. 2 Illustration of a hydrokinetic turbine A hydrokinetic turbine as shown in Fig. 2 is a mechanism to extract energy from river water flow [ 6 , 56 ]. During its operation, the turbine...

.... , 2015 , “ Measurement and Uncertainty Analysis of Transonic Fan Response to Total Pressure Inlet Distortion ,” Ph.D. thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Blacksburg, VA . [2] Figliola , R. , and Beasley , D. , 2006 , Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements...