Abstract: System structure is important for analyzing wear of a system. In this paper, this aspect is considered at the component level and is modeled using digraph and matrix methods. Contributing wear ...

Abstract: The paper presents a methodology to analyze failure cause of a system using structural approach based on digraph and matrix method. Failure causality digraph models the failure cause considering ...

Abstract: A new matrix, called the joint-joint relation matrix, is defined for representing the structure of a kinematic chain. An algorithm has been developed for deriving the joint-joint distance matrix ...

Abstract: A computer-aided method, based on the concept of distance, has been developed for identifying planar kinematic chains with fractionated freedom. Algorithms have also been developed for detecting ...