Robust Reliability in the Mechanical Sciences [Paperback]

The aim of the book is to develop methodology for reliablity analysis which is particularly suited to the types of partial information characteristic of mechanical systems and structures.
The book is designed as an upper-level undergraduate or first-year graduate text on robust reliability of mechanical systems. It will give the student or engineer a working knowledge of robust reliability which will enable him to analyse the reliability of mechanical systems. Each chapter is introduced with a brief conceptual survey of the main ideas, which are then developed through examples. Problems at the end of each chapter give the student the opportunity to strengthen and extend his or her understanding.The aim of the book is to develop methodology for reliablity analysis which is particularly suited to the types of partial information characteristic of mechanical systems and structures.
The book is designed as an upper-level undergraduate or first-year graduate text on robust reliability of mechanical systems. It will give the student or engineer a working knowledge of robust reliability which will enable him to analyse the reliability of mechanical systems. Each chapter is introduced with a brief conceptual survey of the main ideas, which are then developed through examples. Problems at the end of each chapter give the student the opportunity to strengthen and extend his or her understanding.1 Preview of Robust Reliability.- 1.1 Flexible Solar Panel.- 1.2 Quality Control of Thin Shells.- 1.3 Fatigue Failure and Reliability.- 1.4 Plastic Extrusion Manufacturing.- 1.5 Summary.- 2 Convexity and Uncertainty.- 2.1 Complex Uncertainty and Limited Information: Four Examples.- 2.2 Some Convex Models.- 2.3 Expansion of Convex Models.- 2.4 The Structure of Convex Sets.- 2.4.1 Definition of Convexity.- 2.4.2 Extreme Points and Convex Hulls.- 2.4.3 Extrema of Linear Functions on Convex Sets.- 2.4.4 Hyperplane Separation of Convex Sets.- 2.4.5 Linear Systems Driven l3Ä