...Hong Zhang; Lu-Kai Song Purpose This review aims to comprehensively summarize recent progress in surrogate modeling for reliability analysis of complex mechanical systems, particularly aeroengine mechanisms operating under harsh, multi-physics conditions. It focuses on how active learning...

...Abdelkader Guillal; Noureddine Abdelbaki Purpose The aim of this study is to assess the opportunity for the development of hydrocarbon transportation using high-strength steel (HSS) in pipeline construction in terms of cost savings and reliability. Design/methodology/approach Several...

... and manufacturing process of mechanical products, leading to the problem of a lack of design safety or excessive redundancy in the design. In order to improve the accuracy and rationality of the design results, a robust design method for structural reliability based on an active-learning marine predator algorithm...

... concrete (FRC) reinforced with GFRP bars are collected from three published research studies which are based on experimentally tested results. Three different types of short fibers with four volume fractions are considered. Probabilistic model is established to conduct reliability-based calibration using...

... reliability. Design/methodology/approach The closed vector method is used to establish the pantograph-catenary kinematics formula. A new prediction model is proposed by using the bird swarm algorithm to optimize the grey model. The lateral deviation of the pantograph and catenary is predicted via the new...

... poses a great threat to its stable operation. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the reliability of gas pipelines with corrosion defect. This paper uses the corresponding methods to predict the residual strength and residual life of pipelines. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, ASME-B31G...

...Mourad Nahal; Rabia Khelif Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate the failure probability in an irregular area in pipeline (elbow) over its lifetime. The reliability analysis is performed by using of an enhanced first-order reliability method / second-order reliability method (FORM/SORM...

... in terms of the number of loading cycles. Findings The comparison indicated a good agreement between the results of the analysis and the test. Further, the diagrams of reliability and the probability of failure of the specimen were obtained for each loading group and were compared together...

...Reza Manouchehry Nya; Shahrum Abdullah; Salvinder Singh Karam Singh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse fatigue-life prediction based on a reliability assessment for coil springs of vehicle suspension systems using different road excitations under random loading. Design/methodology...

...Lennie Abdullah; Salvinder Singh Karam Singh; Abdul Hadi Azman; Shahrum Abdullah; Ahmad Kamal Ariffin Mohd Ihsan; Yat Sheng Kong Purpose This study aims to determine the reliability assessment based on the predicted fatigue life of leaf spring under random strain loading. Design/methodology...

...Salvinder Singh; Shahrum Abdullah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the durability analysis in predicting the reliability life cycle for an automobile crankshaft under random stress load using the stochastic process. Due to the limitations associated with the actual loading history...

...Sohrab Astaraki Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to quantify uncertainty design parameters of long service usage material and including their effects explicitly in analysis of fracture toughness for evaluation of reliability indexes. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper...

...Gilad Sharon; Rachel Oberc; Donald Barker Purpose The development of micro‐electro‐mechanical systems (MEMS) for use in military and consumer electronics necessitates an analysis of MEMS component reliability. The understanding of the reliability characteristics of SCSi within MEMS structures...