The generating function approach is an important tool for performance assessment in multi-state systems. Aiming at strength reliability analysis of structural systems, generating function approach is introduced and developed. Static reliability models of statically determinate, indeterminate systems and fatigue reliability models are built by constructing special generating functions, which are...

A high level of reliability is a significant requirement for using wireless sensor networks in industrial environments. Model-based evaluation is usually applied in conventional systems to estimate the reliability. In contrast, for analyzing sensor networks, these methods are hardly tested and proven due to the unique properties of that kind of network. This paper presents a first model-based a...

This paper proposes a closed-form method to evaluate wind turbine system reliability and associated failure consequences. Monte Carlo simulation, a widely used approach for system reliability assessment, usually requires large numbers of computational experiments, while existing analytical methods are limited to simple system event configurations with a focus on average values of reliability me...

In this paper, definitions and concepts of reliability will be explained and the different levels of reliability and the remarkable reliability analysis studies are discussed. The Monte Carlo simulation techniques will be examined.

There is an increasing demand for mesh-based PDE simulations to provide reliable solutions for complex problems. A key step in ensuring simulation reliability is the application of unstructured adaptive meshing driven by error estimation procedures. Typically, interfacing of unstructured adaptive procedures with existing analysis components is done through files. File I/O is currently the criti...

Conclusions The SURE computer program is a reliability-analysis tool for ultrareliable computer-system architectures. SURE is based on computational methods developed at the NASA Langley Research Center. These methods provide an e%cient means for computing reasonably accurate upper and lower bounds for the death state probabilities of a large class of semiMarkov models. Once a semi-Markov model...

The paper considers an empirical approach to the root-cause analysis of a certain kind of automobile tire failure. Tire life data are obtained from a laboratory test, which is developed to duplicate field failures. A number of parameters related to tire geometry and physical properties are selected as explanatory variables that potentially affect a tire’s life on test. Analysis of the life test...