Abstract: This paper presents an approach to obtain the stress and strength density distributions in reliability design problems. The density and cumulative distributions of the stress and strength are ...

Abstract: This paper discusses a probabilistic approach for the design of Compression Closely Coiled Helical Springs subjected to periodic axial loading. The classical design procedure results in deterministic ...

Abstract: An approximate relation between the reliability of a design and the classical deterministic factor of safety, used in the design, is presented. An expression of the reliability as function of ...

Abstract: Material handling using bristly tracks is investigated. The dynamic equations of the transported mass are developed and digitally simulated. The investigation shows that appreciable gains can be ...