Material removal operations play a pivotal role in the manufacture of key components,
required for engineering systems to operate safely and efficiently under ever more advanced …

The fatigue behavior of low-carbon steel made by wire and arc additive manufacturing
(WAAM) is studied. The role of the microstructures underpins the difference in fatigue …

This study presents a novel method for composite damage identification using Lamb wave.
A probabilistic integration of the elliptical loci method and the RAPID (reconstruction …

An asymptotic stochastic response surface method for structural reliability assessment under
multi-source heterogeneous uncertainties is proposed in this study. The fatigue reliability of …

A novel statistical uncertainty quantification (UQ) method for fatigue SN curves with sparse
data is proposed in this paper. Sparse data observation is very common in fatigue testing …

Reliability analysis of engineering components or structures heavily relies on accurately
estimating the fatigue properties of materials. However, significant uncertainty exists …

The evaluation of internal damage in multilayered composite materials is of great
importance for high reliability-demanding applications, and remains a challenge due to the …

This study develops a probabilistic model for the threshold stress intensity factor range,
which is a critical parameter in infinite fatigue life design under material flaws. The model is …

The scatter in fatigue data is commonly characterized by probability distributions for
constructing the probabilistic SN curves. However, there is notable estimation bias under …

This study presents a general framework for probabilistic information fusion with point,
moment, and interval data based on the principle of maximum relative entropy. Two types of …