Abstract: With today’s high prices for natural gas and oil, the demand for oil and country tubular goods (OCTGs) with superior performance properties is very high. Failures in OCTG can be attributed ...

Abstract: An agent based simulation engine should be able to provide a fair playing field for its agents. This paper analyzes fairness in the sequencing of agent thread execution within a Java framework ...

Abstract: A high stress gradient occurs in a component when the stress, due to external loading, rises asymptotically. The Weibull failure theory overestimates the probability of failure for components ...

Abstract: The results of galling experiments are strongly dependent on the method used and vary from test machine to test machine. However, by a well-developed test method and testing machine, one can ...