Engineering Research
Materials Science
Engineering Series
Uncertainty in Mechanical Engineering
Description:
Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
This special collection of 19 peer-reviewed papers offers an academic and industrial perspective on the description, evaluation and control of uncertainty in:
1 Development,
2 Production and
3 Usage.
This work should meet the needs of a broad readership, and motivate further investigations.
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Papers from a November 2011 conference describe methods for controlling uncertainty in mechanical engineering. Major themes addressed include advanced methods of robust design, optimizing process claims with the help of mathematical models, mathematical optimization methods for robust product design, and mathematical models for the combination of active and passive load-carrying components within a system network. The conference papers are grouped in sections on uncertainty in development, in production, and in usage. Some specific topics include time-dependent fuzzy stochastic reliability analysis of structures, an ontology-based information model for the exchange of uncertainty in load carrying structures, and integration of smart materials by incremental forming. Other areas examined include fatigue life estimation under cyclic loading, assessment of uncertainty for structural and mechatronics engineering applications, uncertainties with respect to active vibration control, and the effect of suspension parameter uncertainty on the dynamic behavior of railway vehicles.