ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering: Recent submissions
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Special Issue on Complex Engineered Networks: Reliability, Risk, and Uncertainty
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Predicting Remaining Driving Time and Distance of a Planetary Rover Under Uncertainty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The operations of a planetary rover depend critically upon the amount of power that can be delivered by its batteries. In order to plan the future operation, it is important to make reliable predictions regarding the ... -
Simulation of Electric Current Induced Drowning Accident Scenarios for Boating Safety
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)In the companion paper (Ayyub et al., 2016, “Risk Assessment Methodology for ElectricCurrent Induced Drowning Accidents,†ASCEASME J. Risk Uncertainty Eng. Syst. Part B Mech. Eng., 3(3), pp. XXXXXX.), the authors ... -
A Dynamics Based Hazard Analysis of Inverted Pendulum Human Transporters Using Data Mined Information
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)When a product is a complex dynamic system that interacts directly with a human, engineers must consider a wide range of possible motions and forces that the device could exert on the human. Such an analysis goes beyond a ... -
Risk Assessment Methodology for Electric Current Induced Drowning Accidents
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)This paper presents a methodology to identify hazards associated with electricinduced drowning and electric shocks for swimmers around docks, houseboats, and other boats in both freshwater and saltwater; assesses scenarios ... -
Uncertainty Quantification of Time Dependent Reliability Analysis in the Presence of Parametric Uncertainty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Limited data of stochastic load processes and system random variables result in uncertainty in the results of timedependent reliability analysis. An uncertainty quantification (UQ) framework is developed in this paper for ... -
Model Form Calibration in Drift Diffusion Simulation Using Fractional Derivatives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)In modeling and simulation, modelform uncertainty arises from the lack of knowledge and simplification during the modeling process and numerical treatment for ease of computation. Traditional uncertainty quantification ... -
An Examination of Motorcycle Antilock Brake Systems in Reducing Crash Risk
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)To prevent wheel lockup (and possible lossofcontrol and capsize) during hard braking, motorcycle manufacturers have equipped motorcycles with antilock brake systems (ABS) either as an option or as standard equipment. Several ... -
Nanoparticle Characteristic Interaction Effects on Pulmonary Toxicity: A Random Forest Modeling Framework to Compare Risks of Nanomaterial Variants
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Due to their unique physicochemical properties, nanomaterials have the potential to interact with living organisms in novel ways. Nanomaterial variants are too numerous to be screened for toxicity individually by traditional ... -
Analysis of Stand Up Forklift Operator Injuries in Off the Dock and Tip Over Incidents With a Latched Door on the Operator Access Opening
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A series of tipover and offthedock impact tests were performed with standup forklifts to investigate the potential for injury to the operator of a forklift in these types of accidents, when the forklift is equipped with ... -
Risk Assessment of Emergency Diesel Generator Subject to Design Basis Earthquake Shaking
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)A monitoring system intended to track vibrations associated with the operation of an emergency diesel generator (EDG) at a nuclear power plant was originally installed to trip generators during potential outofbalance ... -
Corrosion Reliability Analysis Considering the Coupled Effect of Mechanical Stresses
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Corrosion is one of the most critical failure mechanisms for engineering structures and systems, as corrosion damages grow with the increase of service time, thus diminish system reliability gradually. Despite tremendous ... -
PowerGen Gas Turbine Losses and Condition Monitoring: A Loss Data Based Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)In situ condition monitoring (CM) is a crucial element in protection and predictive maintenance of large rotating PowerGen equipment, such as gas turbines or steam turbines. In this work, selected gas turbine loss events ... -
On the Difference Between Risk as Seen From the Perspectives of the Analysts and Management
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)In its general form, risk is quantitatively described by analysts by identifying a set of consequences C of an activity and using a measure Q to express the uncertainties related to these consequences. This risk description ... -
Seeded Fault Testing and Classification of Dynamically Loaded Floating Ring Compressor Bearings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)This paper investigates a variety of signalmonitoring and datadriven processing techniques to classify seed faults imposed on floating ring main crankshaft compressor bearings. Simulated main bearing shaft motion using an ... -
Uncertainty Quantification of Turbulence Measurements in a Fully Pulsed Axisymmetric Subsonic Air Jet
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)This paper reports the statistical accuracy evaluation of the implementation of ensembleaveraged equation used for the measurement of turbulence quantities in a fully pulsed, axisymmetricsubsonic air jet issuing into the ... -
Reliability Analysis of Repairable System With Multiple Fault Modes Based on Goal Oriented Methodology
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)This paper provides a new goaloriented (GO) method for reliability analysis of repairable systems with multiple fault modes. First, formulas of operators describing components with multiple fault modes are derived based ... -
How Does Concrete Affect Evaporation of Cryogenic Liquids: Evaluating Liquefied Natural Gas Plant Safety
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)With the impending natural gas boom in the United States, many companies are pursuing Department of Energy (DOE) approval for exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG), which is a cryogenic liquid. The next decade also promises ... -
Fatigue Life Prediction Based on Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics: Case Study of Automotive Parts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)This paper studies the stochastic behavior of fatigue crack growth analytically and empirically by employing basic models in fracture mechanics. The research estimates the crack growth rate probabilistically, quantifies ... -
Nested Multistate Design for Maximizing Probabilistic Performance in Persistent Observation Campaigns
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The paper presents a nested multistate methodology for the design of mechanical systems (e.g.,آ a fleet of vehicles) involved in extended campaigns of persistent surveillance. It uses multidisciplinary systems analysis and ...