In recent years a local probabilistic model for low cycle fatigue (LCF) based on the statistical
size effect has been developed and applied on engineering components. Here, the notch …

Notch and size effects exerts significant influence on the fatigue performances of
engineering components. In the present study, a probabilistic framework for fatigue life …

An accurate risk assessment for fatigue damage is of vital importance for the design and
service of today's turbomachinery components. We present an approach for quantifying the …

We consider the probability of failure for components made of brittle materials under one
time application of a load, as introduced by Weibull and Batdorf-Crosse. These models have …

We consider the simultaneous optimization of the reliability and the cost of a ceramic
component in a biobjective PDE constrained shape optimization problem. A probabilistic …

Ceramic is a material frequently used in industry because of its favorable properties.
Common approaches in shape optimization for ceramic structures aim to minimize the …

In the optimization of turbomachinery components, shape sensitivities for fluid dynamical
objective functions have been used for a long time. As peak stress is not a differential …

A simple multi-physical system for the potential flow of a fluid through a shroud, in which a
mechanical component, like a turbine vane, is placed, is modeled mathematically. We then …

This work provides a numerical calculation of shape gradients of failure probabilities for
mechanical components using a first discretize, then adjoin approach. While deterministic …

An accurate assessment for fatigue damage as a function of activation and deactivation
cycles is vital for the design of many engineering parts. In this paper we extend the …