The estimation of an absolute life expectancy of a structure is a complex process and the results are expected to have relatively large levels of uncertainty. In this study, a comparative analysis is undertaken betwee...
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The estimation of an absolute life expectancy of a structure is a complex process and the results are expected to have relatively large levels of uncertainty. In this study, a comparative analysis is undertaken between two different patrol boats. This is an approach which results in a higher confidence level because certain factors common to both boats can be eliminated by assuming them to be at constant normal levels. The study is limited to the critical forward bottom plating and takes into account the differences in material, plate dimensions, operational profile, structure and loading of the two vessels. Two failure modes, plastic plate deformation and fatigue, are considered, and a novel approach to plate wastage is included. Many factors affect the structural life of a vessel. They include structural type, operational profile, structural details, loads, inspection and maintenance, design methods, safety factors, corrosion, and environmental factors. There are three types of uncertainty associated with these factors; namely, physical randomness, statistical uncertainties, and model uncertainties. The method described is designed to address these uncertainties. The objective of the paper is to present the reliability-based structural life assessment method, and then to use it to evaluate and compare the structural performance of the forward bottom plating of the two patrol boats. The results of the evaluation are presented in the form of graphs and tables in order to facilitate the comparative evaluation. The method is performed within a computer-based format which allows parametric sensitivity analysis of several variables including the size of the plating panel, thickness, operational profile and loading. The sensitivity of the structural life expectancy of the forward bottom plating to variations in these parameters is evaluated.
The need for a quantitative measure of dexterity has been reviewed. The interactions of the task being performed and the candidate robotic manipulator to be used have been considered. Intuitive notions of dexterity ha...
The need for a quantitative measure of dexterity has been reviewed. The interactions of the task being performed and the candidate robotic manipulator to be used have been considered. Intuitive notions of dexterity have been discussed, based on the scaling laws of biological systems. They can be expressed as effector capabilities, independent of task. Task/manipulator interactions have been quantified in the human perspective through design rules and measures of human motor capacity. Machine dexterity is shown to have parallel measures and limitations. A non-dimensional definition of dexterity has been proposed. The definition is independent of scale, and it can provide a quantitative measure between different robotic systems that have varying degrees of dexterity.
The problem of reconstructing a polyhedral surface from cross-sectional data admits of an exact and automatic solution when the surface is densely sampled as a voxel surface. We regard such a surface as a discrete sam...
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A methodology for the structural life assessment of a ship's structure is suggested. The methodology is based on probabilistic analysis using reliability concepts and the statistics of extremes. In this approach, ...
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A methodology for the structural life assessment of a ship's structure is suggested. The methodology is based on probabilistic analysis using reliability concepts and the statistics of extremes. In this approach, the estimation of structural life expectancy is based on selected failure modes. All possible failure modes of the ship must be investigated and the most likely paths to structural failure identified. For the purpose of illustration two failure modes are considered in this study. They are plate plastic deformation and fatigue cracking. Structural life based on these two failure modes is determined for an example vessel. The methodology determines the probability of failure of the ship's structural components according to the identified failure modes as a function of time. The results can be interpreted as the cumulative probability distribution function (CDF) of structural life. Due to the unknown level of statistical correlation between failure modes, limits or bounds on the CDF of the structural life are established. The limits correspond to the extreme cases of fully correlated and independent failure modes. The CDFs of structural life are determined for two inspection strategies; namely, inspection every year and inspection every two years with a warranty inspection at the end of the first year. The meaning of the results for the case investigated in this study is that, for example, given an inspection strategy of two years and a desired life of 15 years, there is a 72% chance that the vessel will not experience enough partial damage‘ in the failure modes identified to constitute reaching the “end of structural life” as defined.
In this paper we propose a fast method for solving wave guide problems. In particular, we consider the guide to be inhomogeneous, and allow propagation of waves of higher-order modes. Such techniques have been handled...
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It is shown that electrodynamic forces play a crucial role in the orbital dynamics of the small Al2O3 particles that are injected into the terrestrial magnetosphere during solid rocket propellent burns. Due to the sim...
We consider the problem of moving an n vertex simple polygon around a corner in a right-angular corridor. We give an O (n log n ) algorithm for a convex polygon which constructs a motion of the polygon when one exists...
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We consider the problem of finding a polygon nested between two given convex polygons that has a minimal number of vertices. Our main result is an O(nlogfc) algorithm for solving the problem, where n is the total numb...
In this paper we discuss the problem of simplifying unnested radical expressions. We describe an algorithm implemented in MACSYMA that simplifies radical expressions and then follow this description with a formal trea...
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In this paper we discuss the problem of simplifying unnested radical expressions. We describe an algorithm implemented in MACSYMA that simplifies radical expressions and then follow this description with a formal treatment of the problem. Theoretical computing times for some of the algorithms are briefly discussed as is related work of other authors.
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