Abstract: The probabilistic approach to design is developed and contrasted with the conventional safety factor approach. A careful interpretation of random variable design inputs is given, leading to a ...

Abstract: A Bayesian error analysis is developed for treating systematic and random errors of field test data from acceptance tests of large hydraulic turbine installations. A practical procedure is ...

Abstract: A new test procedure is proposed for the field acceptance testing of large hydroelectric turbines. This procedure is an improvement over existing procedures in that it generates test data from ...