...Kalman Ziha The probabilistic safety analysis evaluates system reliability and failure probability by using statistics and probability theory. However, it cannot estimate the system safety uncertainties due to variabilities of probabilities in different system states. The article first summarizes...

... 28, 2016; final manuscript received February 8, 2018; published online May 2, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Chimba Mkandawire. 28 01 2016 08 02 2018 Collision Crash Safety Go-karts are a popular recreational activity for children and adults. Amusement park go-karts are designed...

... with the vehicle. Further, an “effective” head mass, m eff , was computed based upon the impulse and vertical velocity change involved in the secondary head strike, which mostly exceeded the mass of the adult head-form impactor (4.5 kg) commonly used for a current regulatory impact test for pedestrian safety...

...Mohammad Pourgol-Mohammad; Leon Cizelj 03 10 2017 23 10 2017 Reliability Risk Safety The importance of safety, security, and risk management has been recognized in nuclear multiscale systems modeling, simulation, and analysis applications. Since 2011, earthquake...

... of conditions. Typically, these conditions involve multi-axis loading conditions. The loading conditions presented during rollovers on passenger vehicle side door latches have not been published. Rollover crash test results, rollover crashes, and physical Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 206 latch...

..., 2017. Assoc. Editor: Chimba Mkandawire. 05 03 2015 01 09 2017 Failure Hazard Mitigation Risk Safety Gasoline-powered equipment has remained a centerpiece of the industrialized world since scaled manufacturing began in the early 20th century. The fundamental makeup...

... based optimization Safety Structures Uncertainty In automotive industry, conventional design of automotive body largely relied on empirical data and often requires a tedious trial-and-error process involving numerous prototyping tests, which leads to a rather long design cycle and remarkably...

...Jason C. York; Jeremy M. Gernand The potential benefits of a safety program are generally only realized after an incident has occurred. Resource allocation in an organization's safety program has the imperative task of balancing costs and often unrealized benefits. Management can be wary...

..., 2016; final manuscript received December 10, 2016; published online June 12, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Mario Di Paola. 17 06 2016 10 12 2016 Probability Random Reliability Reliability based design Safety Structural reliability There is an increasing amount of research...

.... Mechanical Random Resilience Safety 19 12 2016 28 04 2017 Manuscript received December 19, 2016; final manuscript received April 28, 2017; published online June 12, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Francesco Paolo Pinnola. 1 Corresponding author. In this paper, an improved two...

...Shivdayal Patel; Suhail Ahmad; Puneet Mahajan The safety predictions of composite armors require a probabilistic analysis to take into consideration scatters in the material properties and initial velocity. Damage initiation laws are used to account for matrix and fiber failure during high-velocity...

... for the critical scenarios. Shock safety criteria were defined by reviewing standards, such as the IEEE Standard for Shock Safety and the IEC Standard for Shock Safety. These results were used to determine critical voltage differential and current thresholds. 1 Corresponding author. Manuscript received...

... and potential in the surrounding water for a number of these electric-current-induced drowning accident scenarios in support of boating safety studies. A boundary-element-based computational tool was employed. A combined experimental and numerical validation study was first undertaken. The tool was then used...