Failure of a large ethylene‐reciprocating compressor was found to be due to fatigue growth of cracks in the crosshead of one of the cylinders, initiated at material defects near stress raisers. Total fatigue crack growth ...

This paper discusses component age-related degradation and failure initiated from a shared cause and coupling factor (or mechanism) and the likelihood of the resulting common cause failure (CCF). For these components a CCF ...

This book addresses the failures of structural elements, i.e. those components whose primary mission is to withstand mechanical loads. The book is intended as a self-contained source for those with different technical ...

A new concept of fault detection and isolation using robust observation for systems with random noises is presented. The method selects the parameters from components that may fault during the process and constructs well ...

A new concept of fault detection and isolation using robust observation for systems with random noises is presented. The method selects the parameters from components that may fault during the process and constructs well ...

Failure detection is at the core of most fault tolerance strategies, but it often depends on reliable communication. We present new algorithms for failure detectors which are appropriate as components of a fault tolerance ...

Power Transformers (PTs) failures in electrical networks cause significant expenses for power utilities, making the use of assessment techniques essential to efficiently diagnose and estimate the actual operating conditions ...