Special Issue "Reliability Techniques in Engineering Projects"

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Industrial Technologies".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Justo García Sanz-Calcedo
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Department of Engineering Projects, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Estremadura, Spain
Interests: innovations in the research of healthcare buildings; healthcare engineering; buildings; project engineering
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Dear Colleagues,

High-quality engineering projects require planning for reliability from the earliest stages of system design. The use of probabilistic design for reliability allows the comparison of a component’s strength against the stress that it will encounter in various environments. Failures link hierarchically in terms of the system architecture, and in turn, a failure mode may cause failures in a higher-level subsystem or may be the result of a failure in a lower-level component. 

Reliability techniques in engineering projects can substantially increase operational dependability through better system design and the selection of more suitable parts and materials. In addition, there are practices that can improve reliability with respect to manufacturing, assembly, shipping and handling, operation, maintenance and repair.  

Additionally, reliability in fact is extremely design-sensitive. A more reliable product needs less maintenance, so a design trade-off between reliability and maintainability is required. Very slight changes to the design of a component can cause profound changes in operational dependability, which is why it is important to specify product reliability and maintainability targets before any design work is undertaken.

This Special Issue includes new research and the latest technologies related to reliability techniques in engineering projects. In particular, it includes a series of documents focused on:

  • Reliability
  • Failure modes
  • Design for reliability
  • Maintenance
  • Design for maintainability
  • Building design
  • Facility design
  • Resilient design
  • Reliability techniques
  • Reliability-centered maintenance
  • Physics-of-failure-based approach
  • Reliability prediction and improvement
  • Statistics-based approach
  • Reliability modeling
  • Reliability testing
  • Accelerated testing
  • Fail-safe design
  • Detectability and common cause failures
  • Maintenance 4.0
  • Built-in redundancy

We hope that this Special Issue will present the research and knowledge required to improve the overall efficiency of engineering projects and help to minimize design failures.

Prof. Justo García Sanz-Calcedo
Guest Editor

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Failure Modes in Electricity and Telecommunication Facilities in Dwellings in Spain
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 5274; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11115274 - 06 Jun 2021
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The value of a house depends not only on the quality of the construction elements but also on the functionality of its installations. Making mistakes during the design and even execution phases of installations in newly built homes is common. This paper determines, [...] Read more.
The value of a house depends not only on the quality of the construction elements but also on the functionality of its installations. Making mistakes during the design and even execution phases of installations in newly built homes is common. This paper determines, catalogues, and quantifies faults in electrical and telecommunications installations in dwellings based on owners’ complaints and using the ‘learning from faults’ philosophy. To this end, 154 complaints concerning these installations in all of Spain were analyzed and protocolized. The results show that, in all types of dwellings, the most common fault was ‘alterations and malfunctions’ (81%), followed by ‘incorrect or lack of placement of elements’ (14%). The pathological origin with the greatest presence in the research was ‘shortcomings and omissions in the installation’ (40%) and ‘anomalies in the installation’ (36%). Moreover, all functional deterioration processes as well as the type of dwelling where each of these parameters occurred most were defined and quantified (association between each fault and its cause). Finally, the ‘probability factor’ (PF) was determined, which numerically quantifies the probable existence of complaints according to four ranges. The results will pave the way for more precise inspections during the construction phase. Full article
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