The present review deals with the issues of ensuring and maintaining high reliability during the entire life cycle of a technical system in the engineering sector, i.e., determining the requirements, design, research, development, production, install...
System reliability is treated as a parameter and not modeled in the early concept design stages. We illustrate a reliability model for system reliability in early concept design using knowledge from similar systems, technology readiness levels (TRL),...
The analysis of the reliability parameters of a technical object and the determination of the change in the reliability of the object over time, requires the knowledge of the functional characteristics and reliability parameters of the elements inclu...
In this paper, we introduce a model designed to predict human error probability (HEP) in the context of fishing boat operations utilizing the cognitive reliability and error analysis method (CREAM). We conducted an analysis of potential accidents on...
Standard safety assessments of civil engineering systems are conducted using safety factors. An alternative method to this approach is the assessment of the engineering system using reliability analysis of the structure. In reliability analysis of th...
Hard-and-software integrated systems such as command and control systems (C4ISR systems) are typical systems that are comprised of both software and hardware, the failures of such devices result from complicated common cause failures and common (or s...
Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) has been proven to be an effective methodology to improve system design reliability. However, the standard approach reveals some weaknesses when applied to wind turbine systems. The conventional criticality as...
Precise evaluation of risk and reliability is crucial for decision making and predicting the outcome of investment in a photovoltaic power system (PVPS) due to its intermittent source. This paper explores different methodologies for risk evaluation a...
To investigate the reliability of L2 listening tests and explore potential factors affecting the reliability, a reliability generalization (RG) meta-analysis was conducted in the present study. A total number of 122 alpha coefficients of L2 listening...
The fatigue reliability assessment of deepwater risers plays an important role in the safety of oil and gas development. Physical-based models are widely used in riser fatigue reliability analyses. However, these models present some disadvantages in...
Current formulas for calculating scour depth below of a free over fall are mostly deterministic in nature and do not adequately consider the uncertainties of various scouring parameters. A reliability-based assessment of scour, taking into account un...
In reliability-based multidisciplinary design optimization, both aleatory and epistemic uncertainties may exist in multidisciplinary systems simultaneously. The uncertainty propagation through coupled subsystems makes multidisciplinary reliability an...
In differentiated learning, the teacher needs to be aware of the learning styles of students in the classroom to accommodate specific learning preferences, e.g., the Felder–Silverman learning style model. The corresponding instrument, i.e., the...
This study addresses the challenges of accurately analyzing the reliability of aviation power systems (APS) using traditional models by introducing the Aviation Power System Reliability Probability Network Model (APS-RPNM). The model directly transfo...
The turbine rotor is a core component in many energy conversion systems, where it is subjected to loads such as aerodynamic and centrifugal forces that make it highly susceptible to damage. Consequently, the reliability of the turbine rotor ranks amo...
With the CMOS technology downscaling to the deep nanoscale, the aging effects of devices degrade circuit performance and even lead to functional failure. The stress analysis is critical to evaluate the influence of aging effects on digital circuits....
Multilayer composite flexible risers have been widely used in engineering. However, this type of structure is complex, as there are influences between layers. Moreover, a range of uncertain factors need to be considered in fatigue analysis. Therefore...
As amine-based post-combustion capture is adopted in numerous projects, aligning projected equipment performance with the operational requirements of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facilities is imperative. This study highlights the methodology in...
Mechanical system reliability analysis constitutes a primary research focus in the field of engineering. This study aims to address the issue of complex mechanical systems with intricate mechanisms and nonlinear reliability equations that are challen...
Posture analysis is important in musculoskeletal disorder prevention but relies on subjective assessment. This study investigates the applicability and reliability of a machine learning (ML) pose estimation model for the human posture assessment, whi...
In practical engineering, due to the lack of information, it is impossible to accurately determine the distribution of all variables. Therefore, time-variant reliability problems with both random and interval variables may be encountered. However, th...
What is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC) is the widely used questionnaire to measure psycho-social aspects of the classroom and explore how these aspects affect student learning and achievement. The purpose of this study is to examine the cumulative...
This paper introduces innovative sensitivity indices based on Cliff’s Delta for the global sensitivity analysis of structural reliability. These indices build on the Sobol’ method, using binary outcomes (success or failure), but avoid the...
In this study, the authors first attempted to evaluate the efficiency of available systems for natural gas quality analysis using various examples. For this purpose, a model for such gas analysis systems was designed and the structural reliability of...
The objective of this study was to carry out a reliability generalization meta-analysis of the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGDS) to find out if it presents adequate values that justify its application in its four versions: original and abbreviate...
It is recognized that gait analysis is a powerful tool used to capture human locomotion and quantify the related parameters. PODOSmart® insoles have been designed to provide accurate measurements for gait analysis. PODOSmart® insoles are lightweight,...
Wave power is a potential technology for generating sustainable renewable energy. Several types of wave energy converters (WECs) have been proposed for this purpose. WECs operate in a harsh maritime environment that sets strict limitations on how and...
Solid propellant grain, as a typical polymer, are the thrust generation devices and core load-bearing components of solid rocket motor (SRM) and are also known as SRM grain. They are constantly exposed to extreme service environments such as high tem...
Because of the existence of uncertainty measurement in the process of bearings degradation, it is difficult to carry out the reliability analysis. The random performance degradation model is used to analyze the reliability life of high-speed train be...
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) may be an effective alternative water supply solution in regions affected by water scarcity. It has recently become a particularly important option in arid and semi-arid areas (like Mediterranean basins), mostly because of...
Reliability allocation is the process of assigning reliability targets to sub-systems within a system to meet the overall reliability requirements. However, many traditional reliability allocation methods rely on assumptions that are often unrealisti...
Background: Objective evaluation of the swimming start is crucial for sprint performance improvement. Traditional visual assessment of its phases—reaction, take-off, flight, and underwater glide—lacks precision. This study addresses the n...
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Recently, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has spread in orthodontics, in particular within cephalometric analysis, where computerized digital software is able to provide linear-angular measurements upon manual landmark identification. A step forward is...
Electric vehicle technologies have seen rapid development in recent years. However, Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) related concerns still have restricted large-scale commercial utilization of these vehicles. This paper presents...
Human reliability analysis (HRA) is widely used to evaluate the impact of human errors on various complex human–machine systems for enhancing their safety and reliability. Nevertheless, it is hard to estimate the human error probability (HEP) i...
The fatigue life of wind turbine cast components, such as the main shaft in a drivetrain, is generally determined by defects from the casting process. These defects may reduce the fatigue life and they are generally distributed randomly in components...
Aiming at the problem that the non-probabilistic reliability analysis method of slope engineering, which is based on an interval model, cannot consider the cross-correlation of geotechnical parameters, a non-probabilistic reliability analysis method...
To address the challenges of equipment reliability assessment in the context of intelligent power systems, especially the shortcomings of traditional methods in dealing with multi-factor coupling and uncertain fault inference of CVT (capacitive volta...
Reserve capacity is the core of reliability analysis based on road network capacity. This article optimizes its bi-level programming model: the upper-level model has added service level coefficient and travel time limit, which realizes the unificatio...
During tunnel construction, the ground properties, initially evaluated, are continuously assessed and verified through back analysis. This procedure generally requires many numerical analyses, so a metamodel based on artificial neural networks has be...
Crude Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) is the most robust and easily implemented method for performing time-variant reliability analysis (TRA). However, it is inefficient, especially for high reliability problems. This paper aims to present a random simu...
As one of the most important components within a vehicle, diesel engines have high requirements for reliability due to the harsh operating environments. However, previous studies have mainly focused on the reliability assessment of diesel engines, wh...
The reliability of Water Distribution Networks (WDNs) is a critical topic that has been explored by many researchers over the last few decades. Nevertheless, this research domain has gained momentum in the last decade. WDN reliability was addressed i...
Based on the principal stress values generated by the bending beam, the material’s strength required at
Levees are embankments designed for passive flood protection. In order to reduce the potential of climate-induced flooding risks, it is necessary to reconstruct or upgrade the existing levees. Flood risk management aims to reduce the probability of f...
A combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) system is a complex and repairable system containing a large number of components and series of subsystems. When a failure occurs in one component, it might cause a failure of a subsystem or whole system....
Although the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD) is one of the most widely used instruments for assessing psychopathic traits, the reliability estimates of the APSD show great heterogeneity across different studies. This investigation evaluate...
Using desert sand (DS) to pour concrete is a feasible idea to solve the shortage of river sand. However, the frost resistance of desert sand concrete (DSC) is a key problem that must be solved for applying DSC in practical engineering. Therefore, thi...
Uncertainties are normally unavoidable in engineering practice, which should be taken into account in the structural design and optimization so as to reduce the relevant risks. Yet, the probabilistic models of the uncertainties are often unavailable...
Uncertainty and variability are inherent to pile design and consequently, there have been considerable researches in quantifying the reliability or probability of failure of structures. This paper aims at examining and comparing the applicability and...
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