Abstract: Liquid metal embrittlement (LME) is one of the severe problems of Zn-coated steel in resistance spot welding (RSW). Hence, proper welding schedules for Zn-coated steel are of practical interest. RSW involves a complex ...

Abstract: Compared with the probability model, the convex model approach only requires the bound information on the uncertainty, and can make it possible to conduct the reliability analysis for many complex engineering problems with ...

Abstract: Timevariant reliability problems caused by deterioration in material properties, dynamic load uncertainty, and other causes are widespread among practical engineering applications. This study proposes a novel timevariant ...

Abstract: Wear behavior of Mg–5Al–0.8Zn alloy was studied using a pinondisk type wear apparatus within a load range of 20–380 N and a sliding speed range of 0.1–4.0 m/s. Analyzes on morphology and chemical composition of ...

Abstract: This paper proposed a vinecopulabased structural reliability analysis method which is an effective approach for performing a reliability analysis on complex multidimensional correlation problems. A joint probability ...

Abstract: In this paper, four convex models (interval, parallelepiped, ellipsoidal, and superellipsoidal analyses) are introduced to describe the available data on uncertainty parameters for the engine’s crankshaft. The paper first ...