Design Contours for Complex Marine Systems

This paper examines the performance of 6 stiffened ship panel designs in different operational profiles. The main question of interest is: which sea states will lead to the worst panel performances in terms of reliability? As stiffened panel collapse is governed by combined lateral and in-plane loading effects (non-linear functions of the...

Big data of the past: Analysis of historical freight shipping corridor data in the period 1662–1855

This paper examines the use of big data and data analytics in international transport networks from the perspective of historical big data, focusing on shipping logs from the British, Dutch, Spanish and French fleets in between 1662 and 1855. Based on a large-scale database containing mainly meteorological data collected in the CLIWOC project...

Reliability assessment with density scanned adaptive Kriging

Reliability assessment with adaptive Kriging has gained notoriety due to the Kriging capability of accurately replacing the performance function while performing as a self-improving function for learning procedures. Recent works on adaptive Kriging pursued to improve the efficiency of the active learning through the application of distinct...

Reliability analysis of reinforced concrete vehicle bridges columns using non-parametric Bayesian networks

In the bridge industry, current traffic trends have increased the likelihood of having the simultaneous presence of both extreme live loads and earthquake events. To date, their concurrent interaction has scarcely been systematically studied. Prevailing studies have investigated the isolated existence of either live loads or seismic actions. In...

Prognostics and health monitoring of electronic system: A review

Miniaturization of electronics, reduction of time to market and new functionalities in the current context of autonomous driving, electrification and connectivity, are bringing new reliability challenges. Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) can be used effectively to address some of the key challenges, in particular new challenges...