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IDETC/CIEIDETC/CIE WELCOME LETTERS
23rd Reliability, Stress Analysis, and Failure Prevention
Conference (RASFP)
This year, the “Design Methods and Analyses” Topic of our Conference focuses mostly on
Reliability considerations providing useful discussions and some new tools for assessing
the seriousness of potential failure modes. We hope that these considerations will enable
the designer to assure that their designs will function as intended for the prescribed design
lifetime, as well as being competitive in the marketplace.
Six papers of our Conference address important reliability issues with considerations in:
“Comprehensive Reliability Allocation Method of Feed Mixers Based on Fuzzy Synthetic
Assessment”, “Sequential Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Reliability Analysis
using an Efficient Third-Moment Saddlepoint Approximation Method”, “Research on
Surrogate Model Based on Local Radial Point Interpolation Method”, “Service-Life
Assessment of Complex Dynamic Systems under Interval Uncertainty based on Bayesian
Networks”, “Extensions of Bayesian Reliability Analysis by Using Imprecise Dirichlet
Model”, and “Reliability Analysis and Performance Predictions of Aged Pipelines Subject-
ed to Internal Corrosion – A Markov Modelling Technique”.
The second Topic of our Conference covers mostly Fatigue Analyses, and the discussions
focus on: “A Modified Model for Non-linear Fatigue Damage Accumulation with Load
Interaction Effects”, “Multiaxial Fatigue Life Prediction Based on Non-proportionality of
Strain Path”, “Fatigue Life Analysis of an Automotive Tensioner through Strain-Life
Approach”, and “Practical Method to Predict Total Fatigue Life of Welded Joints Struc-
tures”.
The third Topic involves “Material considerations for Design and Failure Prevention” with
coverage in the areas of: “Comparison of Temperature and Stress Distributions for Pistons,
Clearance Examination for Damage Prevention on Various Piston Skirt Ovalities and
Designs for Carbon-Carbon Composite Piston vs. Convent”, “Reliability Analysis and
Performance Predictions of Aged Pipelines Subjected to Internal Corrosion – A Markov
Modelling Technique”, and “Physical Properties of LLDPE and PP Filled with Wood
Flours”.
As summarized above, the Reliability, Stress Analysis, and Failure Prevention (RSAFP)
Committee is participating in 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conference
with focus on: Design Methods and Analyses, with focus on Reliability and Failure Analysis;
Fatigue Analyses, and Material considerations for Design and Failure Prevention. 14 papers
related to these topics will be presented in three corresponding Sessions.
As Chair of 23nd Reliability, Stress Analysis, and Failure Prevention Conference, I would
like to extend my thanks to all authors and reviewers of this Conference.
Erol Sancaktar
Conference Chair
University of Akron
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23rd Reliability, Stress Analysis, and Failure Prevention
Conference (RASFP)
This year, the “Design Methods and Analyses” Topic of our Conference focuses mostly on
Reliability considerations providing useful discussions and some new tools for assessing
the seriousness of potential failure modes. We hope that these considerations will enable
the designer to assure that their designs will function as intended for the prescribed design
lifetime, as well as being competitive in the marketplace.
Six papers of our Conference address important reliability issues with considerations in:
“Comprehensive Reliability Allocation Method of Feed Mixers Based on Fuzzy Synthetic
Assessment”, “Sequential Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Reliability Analysis
using an Efficient Third-Moment Saddlepoint Approximation Method”, “Research on
Surrogate Model Based on Local Radial Point Interpolation Method”, “Service-Life
Assessment of Complex Dynamic Systems under Interval Uncertainty based on Bayesian
Networks”, “Extensions of Bayesian Reliability Analysis by Using Imprecise Dirichlet
Model”, and “Reliability Analysis and Performance Predictions of Aged Pipelines Subject-
ed to Internal Corrosion – A Markov Modelling Technique”.
The second Topic of our Conference covers mostly Fatigue Analyses, and the discussions
focus on: “A Modified Model for Non-linear Fatigue Damage Accumulation with Load
Interaction Effects”, “Multiaxial Fatigue Life Prediction Based on Non-proportionality of
Strain Path”, “Fatigue Life Analysis of an Automotive Tensioner through Strain-Life
Approach”, and “Practical Method to Predict Total Fatigue Life of Welded Joints Struc-
tures”.
The third Topic involves “Material considerations for Design and Failure Prevention” with
coverage in the areas of: “Comparison of Temperature and Stress Distributions for Pistons,
Clearance Examination for Damage Prevention on Various Piston Skirt Ovalities and
Designs for Carbon-Carbon Composite Piston vs. Convent”, “Reliability Analysis and
Performance Predictions of Aged Pipelines Subjected to Internal Corrosion – A Markov
Modelling Technique”, and “Physical Properties of LLDPE and PP Filled with Wood
Flours”.
As summarized above, the Reliability, Stress Analysis, and Failure Prevention (RSAFP)
Committee is participating in 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conference
with focus on: Design Methods and Analyses, with focus on Reliability and Failure Analysis;
Fatigue Analyses, and Material considerations for Design and Failure Prevention. 14 papers
related to these topics will be presented in three corresponding Sessions.
As Chair of 23nd Reliability, Stress Analysis, and Failure Prevention Conference, I would
like to extend my thanks to all authors and reviewers of this Conference.
Erol Sancaktar
Conference Chair
University of Akron
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