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Engineering Design Reliability, Efstratios Nikolaidis, Dan M. Ghiocel, Suren Singhal, CRC Press, 2004

Preface and Table of Contents

Part I: Status and Future of Nondeterministic Approaches (NDA)

1 Brief Overview of the Handbook
2 Perspectives on Nondeterministic Approaches
3 Transitioning NDA from Research to Engineering Design
4 An Industry Perspective on the Role of Nondeterminsitic Technologies in Mechanical Design
5 The Need for Nondeterminstic Approaches in Automotive Design: A Business Perspective
6 Research Perspective in Stochastic Mechanics
7 A Research Perspective

Part II: Nondeterministic Modeling: Critical Issues and Recent Advances

8 Types of Uncertainty in Decision Making
9 Generalized Information Theory for Engineering Modeling and Simulation
10 Evidence Theory for Engineering Applications
11 Info-Gap Decision Theory for Engineering Design: Or Why "Good" Is Preferable to "Best"
12 Interval Methods for Reliable Computing
13 Expert Knowledge in Reliability Characterization: An Expert Approach to Eliciting, Analyzing and Documenting Expert Knowledge
14 First- and Second-Order Reliability Methods
15 System Reliability
16 Quantum-Physics Based Reliability Models with Applications to Reliability Analysis
17 Probabilistic Analysis of Dynamic Systems
18 Time-Variant Reliability
19 Response Surfaces for Reliability Assessment
20 Stochastic Simulation Methods for Engineering Predictions
21 Projection Schemes in Stochastic Finite Element Analysis
22 Baysean Modeling and Updating
23 Utility Models in Engineering Design
24 Reliability-Based Optimization of Civil and Aerospace Structural Systems
25 Accelerated Life Testing for Reliability Validation
26 The Role of Statistical Testing in NDA
27 Reliability Testing and Estimation Using Variance-Reduction Techniques

Part III: Nondeterministic Modeling: Critical Issues and Recent Advances

28 Reliability Assessment of Aircraft Structure Joints Under Corrosion-Fatigue Damage
29 Uncertainty in Aeroelasticity Analysis, Design, and Testing
30 Selected Topics in Probabilistic Gas Turbine Engine Turbomachinery Design
31 Practical Reliability-Based Design Optimization Strategy for Structural Design
32 Applications of Reliability Assessment
33 Efficent Time-Variant Reliability Models in Load Space
34 Applications of Reliability-Based Design Optimization
35 Probabilistic Progressive Buckling of Conventional and Adaptive Trusses
36 Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering Methodology for Various Uncertainties and Multidisciplinary Applications
37 A Method for Multiattribute Automotive Design Under Uncertainty
38 Probabilistic Analysis and Design in Automotive Industry
39 Reliability Assessment of Ships
40 Risk Assessment and Reliability-Based Maintenance for Large Pipelines
41 Nondeterministic Hybrid Architectures for Vehicle Health Management
42 Using Probabilistic Micromechanical Methods to Predict the Fatigue Response of a Simple Laboratory Specimen
43 Weakest-Link Probabilistic Failure
44 Reliability Analysis of Composite Structures and Materials
45 Risk Management of Composite Structures