ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering: Recent submissions
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Network Uncertainty Quantification for Analysis of MultiComponent Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In order to impact physical mechanical system design decisions and realize the full promise of highfidelity computational tools, simulation results must be integrated at the earliest stages of the design process. This is ... -
Practical Experience From Risks of Decommissioning of Petrochemical Facilities
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Decommissioning is expensive and can be a complex operation involving a series of distinct phases, including cessation of operation, site preparation, decontamination, dismantling (demolition) and disposal. Each decommissioning ... -
New Regulatory Instrument for Brazilian Decommissioning of Oil and Gas Installations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The Brazilian decommissioning industry faces challenges in the onshore and offshore environments that could potentially lead to operational safety problems and environmental impacts. In 2020, the Brazilian regulators brought ... -
Special Section on Decommissioning and Life Extension of Complex Industrial Assets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The final phase of the operational life of complex industrial systems leads to a very significant business decision: to engage in life extension, repurpose its use, or decommission the asset. Decommissioning is the ultimate ... -
A Set of Estimation and Decision Preference Experiments for Exploring Risk Assessment Biases in Engineering Students
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Engineering decisions that have the greatest effect on worker and public safety occur early in the design process. During these decisions, engineers rely on their experience and intuition to estimate the severity and ... -
Evaluation of Risk and Uncertainty for Model-Predicted NOAELs of Engineered Nanomaterials Based on Dose-Response-Recovery Clusters
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Experimental toxicology studies for the purposes of setting occupational exposure limits for aerosols have drawbacks including excessive time and cost which could be overcome or limited by the development of computational ... -
The Study of Artificial Intelligent in Risk-Based Inspection Assessment and Screening: A Study Case of Inline Inspection
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The work reports the systematic approach to the study of artificial intelligence (AI) in addressing the complexity of inline inspection (ILI) data management to forecast the risk in natural gas pipelines. A recent conventional ... -
A Recent Review of Risk-Based Inspection Development to Support Service Excellence in the Oil and Gas Industry: An Artificial Intelligence Perspective
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Inspection and Maintenance methods development have a pivotal role in preventing the uncertainty-induced risks in the oil and gas industry. A key aspect of inspection is evaluating the risk of equipment from the scheduled ... -
A Framework for In-Service Life Extension of Hydroelectric Generation Assets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The integrity assessment of aged or worn out large electromechanical equipment units, such as in hydroelectric generators, for possible life extension has been identified as a growing challenge in the electrical power ... -
Reviewer's Recognition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The Reviewers of the Year Award is given to reviewers who have made an outstanding contribution to the journal in terms of the quantity, quality, and turnaround time of reviews completed during the past 12 months. The prize ... -
Robust Dynamic Balancing of Dual Rotor-Active Magnetic Bearing System Through Virtual Trial Unbalances as Low and High Frequency Magnetic Excitation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This work focuses on in situ residual unbalance estimation of the dual rotor system with the implementation of active magnetic bearing (AMB) as a controller and exciter. The excessive vibration generated due to the presence ... -
Rolling Bearing Damage Evaluation by the Dynamic Process From Self-Induced Resonance to System Resonance of a Duffing System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The dynamic response of a Duffing system from self-induced resonance to system resonance is studied in this paper. From numerical simulation, it is found that the system response gradually transits from self-induced resonance ... -
Mass Imbalance Diagnostics in Wind Turbines Using Deep Learning With Data Augmentation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Wind turbines suffer from mass imbalance due to manufacturing, installation, and severe climatic conditions. Condition monitoring systems are essential to reduce costs in the wind energy sector. Many attempts were made to ... -
On the Combination of Random Matrix Theory With Measurements on a Single Structure
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)An approach is proposed for the evaluation of the probability density functions (PDFs) of the modal parameters for an ensemble of nominally identical structures when there is only access to a single structure and the ... -
Connectedness Efficiency Analysis of Weighted U.S. Freight Railroad Networks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Freight rail networks serve a key role in transporting bulk goods to accommodate changing market demands and to serve public needs. Network analyses of such systems can provide important insights into enhancing transportation ... -
Envelope Method for Time- and Space-Dependent Reliability Prediction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Reliability can be predicted by a limit-state function, which may vary with time and space. This work extends the envelope method for a time-dependent limit-state function to a time- and space-dependent limit-state function. ... -
Mechanics Informed Neutron Noise Monitoring to Perform Remote Condition Assessment for Reactor Vessel Internals
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The use of neutron noise analysis in pressurized water reactors to detect and diagnose degradation represents the practice of pro-active structural health monitoring for reactor vessel internals. Recent enhancements to ... -
Decommissioning of Nuclear Submarines and the Interim Storage of Their Reactor Compartments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)At the end of the nuclear-powered submarines (NS) operational life, they have to be defueled, decommissioned, and their nuclear reactors have to be safely disposed of. Their specific decommissioning process may be adapted ... -
End-of-Life Corrosion Estimation and Profile of Ship Hull Structure: Nonparametric Statistical Analysis of Medium Endurance Cutters
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Corrosion in hull structure of Coast Guard cutters is a primary degradation mode that accounts for a significant portion of depot budgets and the occasional unavailability of ships in general. Corrosion exhibits great ... -
Two-Step Algorithm to Detect Cyber-Attack Over the Can-Bus: A Preliminary Case Study in Connected Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Modern vehicles are connected to the network and between each other through smart sensors and smart objects commonly present on board. This situation has allowed manufacturers to send over-the-air updates, receive diagnostic ...