This paper conducts an analysis to assess the significance of highway network links in
Maryland under flood damage. An accessibility index is derived to incorporate the distance …

Rolling element bearings are the most common cause of rotating machinery failure. Over the
past 20years, Acoustic Emission (AE) technology has evolved as a significant opportunity to …

Performance degradation assessment has been proposed to realize equipment's near-zero
downtime and maximum productivity. Exploring effective indices is crucial for it. In this study …

A large number of recent studies have addressed the redundancy evaluation of Water
Distribution Networks (WDNs) from a hydraulic perspective. There already exist a few …

The article aims to add a new impetus to rational and objective probabilistic evaluation of
redundancy and robustness, based on uncertainties of systems and subsystems of events …

Condition Monitoring of Slow Speed Rotating Machinery Using Acoustic Emission
Technology MA Elforjani ii this research work investigates the source characterizations of AE …

Basic consideration is made on how comprehensively we can evaluate potential seismic risk
of lifeline systems and gain an insight into the safety by way of information entropy, which …

Basic consideration is made on how comprehensively we can evaluate potential seismic risk
of lifeline systems and gain an insight into the safety by way of information entropy, which …

The event oriented analysis of technical objects is in general accomplished by representing
them as complete or incomplete systems and subsystems of events. It is argued in the article …

Passengers and freight shippers alike want reliable transport services. Surprisingly, little
research has been undertaken in incorporating reliability into the assessment of transport …