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Prognostics and Health Management
A comprehensive guide to the application and processing of condition-based data to produce prognostic estimates of functional health and life. Prognostics and Health Management provides an authoritative guide for an understanding of the rationale and methodologies of a practical approach for improving system reliability using conditioned-based.
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Energy Driving-Damage Degradation-Structural Failure Mechanism of Layered Sandstones Under Uniaxial Conditions
It is of great theoretical significance to effectively reveal the energy driving-damage degradation-structural failure mechanism of rocks for the probability evaluation and prevention of rock burst in deep coal mines. Therefore, uniaxial loading and unloading tests of layered sandstones were conducted. Subsequently, the progressive failure process and stress–strain curves were obtained. Then, the evolution characteristics of strength, strain, energy, damage and macroscopic failure was characterized. Meanwhile, the damage proportion at each stage was quantified, and the linear damage deterioration law was obtained. Finally, the energy driving-damage degradation-structural failure mechanism was revealed. The results showed that: (1) increasing the unloading stress level did not necessarily reduce the bearing capacity, but the unloading effect could significantly affect the energy storage capacity; (2) there was the significant linear evolution relationship between the damage proportion and the unloading stress level under identical inclination angle in stages II and IV; (3) When the unloading stress level was over 0.7, the pre-peak structural adjustment behavior could strengthen the stability of post-peak structures and reduce the impact degree of rock burst. The conclusions could provide certain of theoretical basis for the prevention of rock burst in deep coal mines.HighlightsThe pre- and post-peak structural evolution stages belonged to the active and passive structural adjustment behaviors, respectively.When the unloading stress level was over 0.7, the pre-peak structural adjustment behavior could strengthen the post-peak structures stability.The linear damage degradation law was obtained, and the failure mechanism was revealed.
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Modeling and Estimation of Structural Damage
Modelling and Estimation of Damage in Structures is a comprehensiveguide to solving the type of modelling and estimation problems associated with the physics of structural damage.
* Provides a model-based approach to damage identification
* Presents an in-depth treatment of probability theory and random processes
* Covers both theory and algorithms for implementing maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation approaches
* Includes experimental examples of all detection and identification approaches
* Provides a clear means by which acquired data can be used to make decisions regarding maintenance and usage of a structure
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Construction Reliability
This book provides answers to the following problems: how to identify the most probable critical failures; how to describe and use data-concerning materials that are either heterogeneous, time-variant, or space-variant; how to quantify the reliability and lifetime of a system; how to use feedback information to actualize reliability results; and how to optimize an inspection politic or a maintenance strategy. Numerous authors from public research centers and firms propose a synthesis of methods, both new and well-known, and offer numerous examples concerning dams, geotechnical study, and structures from nuclear and civil engineering.
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Structural and system reliability
\"Based on material taught at the University of California, Berkeley, this textbook offers a modern, rigorous and comprehensive treatment of the methods of structural and system reliability analysis. It covers the first- and second-order reliability methods for components and systems, simulation methods, time- and space-variant reliability, and Bayesian parameter estimation and reliability updating. It also presents more advanced, state-of-the-art topics such as finite element reliability methods, stochastic structural dynamics, reliability-based optimal design, and Bayesian networks. A wealth of well-designed examples connect theory with practice, with simple examples demonstrating mathematical concepts and larger examples demonstrating their applications. End-of-chapter homework problems are included throughout\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Beyond market failures: understanding the need for dedicated deployment policy for solar photovoltaic in Sweden
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The urgency of decarbonization calls for a deeper understanding of photovoltaic (PV) deployment in terms of planning, acquisition, and installation, and of the justification for policies targeting these aspects. So far, energy policy for PVs has focused on financial and information-oriented policies to enhance demand but has not explicitly focused on addressing the practical activities that enable deployment. The aim of this paper is thus to identify market failures, structural system failures, and transformational system failures associated with PV deployment and assess their implications for policy. The paper provides a review of literature on PV deployment revealing challenges at various stages of the PV adoption process; and based on a survey and interviews with building owners, construction companies, and installers in Sweden, we illustrate the systemic nature of failures in current PV deployment, suggesting the need for complementary policy interventions that address institutional rather than economic and informative support. We provide examples of policy explicitly addressing the tangible deployment of PVs. To correct for ‘market failures’, we suggest, for example, reviewer ratings on public platforms, since the selection of suppliers and installers turns out to be the most crucial step in the acquisition of PVs; to address ‘structural system failures’ we suggest, for example, capacity building within municipal organizations and improved methods for architectural integration of solar systems and guidelines for deployment in historic environments; to address ‘transformational system failures’ we suggest, for example, a legal framework supporting connection to the grid.
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We argue there is a need to rethink policy for the implementation of new energy technologies such as solar photovoltaic (PV). Policymakers should not only focus on increasing demand but also on addressing issues in the tangible deployment of new technologies. In this paper we assess market failures, as well as other failures associated with a transformative change, and review them as justifications for complementary policy interventions to accelerate the deployment of PVs.
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