“International Journal of Reliability and Safety of Engineering Systems and Structures (IJRSESS)” publishes refereed articles on original research, short communications and reviews covering original research and advanced topics on the reliability and safety of engineering systems and structures. In addition to regular issues, special issues on specific subjects, pertinent to the scope of the Journal, are published. The journal welcomes contributions in the following and related areas, as pertinent to reliability and safety of engineering systems and structures:
- Reliability and system safety engineering.
- Reliability optimization with multiple user objectives.
- Advanced research methodologies and results pertinent to the reliability and safety of engineering systems and structures.
- Reliability and security of structures through the application of advanced engineering materials.
- Integrated and intelligent simulation techniques.
- Modeling and simulation techniques as pertinent to reliability.
- Risk analysis, assessment and management.
- Simulations, including mapping, optimization and databases.
- Adapting civil infrastructure to a changing climate.
- Material response behavior and constitutive relations.
- Impact and severe loading conditions.
- Fracture fatigue and mechanics.
- Failure mechanisms and prevention of failure in engineering members and structures.
- Designing for reliability and safety of engineering systems and structures.
- Optimization problems in conjunction with advanced detection systems.
- Structural and multidisciplinary optimization.
- Structural and stress analysis.
- Optimal design of engineering members and structures.
- Structural dynamics.
- Stress quality control as related to the reliability and safety of engineering structures.
- Optimum design of accelerated life testing under combined types of stresses.
- Simulations, including mapping, optimization and databases.
- Interfaces and couplings in severe environment.
- Multifunctional adaptive materials, including shape memory materials, self healing materials, etc.
- Corrosion and corrosion prevention.
- Material toughness and through-thickness properties.
- Structures under earthquake conditions.
- Seismic isolation and energy dissipation.
- Anelasticity, Viscoelasticity and Damping.
- Plasticity and formability.
- Surface and interfacial science.
- Degradation of engineering materials for a particular environment.
- Innovative electro-mechanical material systems to increase efficiency, reliability, safety and security.
- Materials and structures under sever loading conditions including shock waves.
- Heat capacity and phase transition of engineering materials.
- Performance stability of engineering members and structures.
- Interfaces and couplings in various types of environment.
- Innovative electro-mechanical material systems to increase efficiency, reliability, safety and security of engineering systems and structures.
- Interfaces and couplings in severe environment.
- Solid – fluid interactions.
- Maintainability and health monitoring.
- Advanced experimental testing methods.
- Non-destructive testing, including pattern recognition and artificial intelligence applications.
- New directions.
Other related scientific/engineering and technological research areas
LINK: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/legal-deposit/041008-0200-e.html
Part D: International Journal of Reliability and Safety of Engineering Systems and Structures (IJRSESS) 1(1)2011.
CONTENTS
Monitoring of Damaged Zones in Large Dams: An Error Indicator to Evaluate a Non-Destructive Testing Procedure. Alfonso Nappi and Giovanni Facchin (University of Trieste, ITALY)
PAGES 11 – 21_NAPPI ET AL_ITALY_ IJRSESS 1_1_ 2011
Electromechanical Response of 1-3 Piezoelectric/Polymer Composites under DC and AC Electric Fields. Yasuhide Shindo, Fumio Narita and Taiki Watanabe (Tohoku University, JAPAN)
PAGES 23 – 30 _ SHINDO ET AL_JAPAN__IJRSESS 1_1_ 2011
Drift Limitations in a Shear Wall Considering a Cracked Section. Michel Farid Khouri (Lebanese University, LEBANON)
PAGES 31 -38_KHOURI _LEBANON_IJRSSESS 1(1)2011)
Possibilities of Ionic-plasma Methods for Formation of Nanostructural Wearproof Composite Coating. M. Urbaha (Riga Technical University, LATVIA)
PAGES 39 – 42_M. URBAHA, LATVIA_IJRSESS 1 _1_ 2011
Comparison of Various Life Prediction Models under Quasi-static Loading and Non-linear Material Behaviour. Tahir Mahmood, Jad Jelwan and Khosrow Zarrabi (The L&A Pressure Welding Pty Ltd, and The University of New South Wales, AUSTRALIA)
PAGES 43 – 51_ZARRABI_AUSTRALIA_IJRSESS 1_1_ 2011
High Temperature Oxide Resistant Components of Perspective High Strength Intermetalceramic Composite Coatings. A. Urbahs, K. Savkovs and M. Urbaha (Riga Technical University, LATVIA)
PAGES 53 – 57_A. URBAHS_LATVIA_IJRSESS 1(1) 2011
Numerical Method for Shear Bands in Ductile Metal with Inclusions. JeeYeon N. Plohr and Bradley J. Plohr (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
PAGES 59 – 62_Plohr-Plohr _LOS ALAMOS, USA__IRSESS 1 _1_ 2011
Measurement of Residual Stresses in Antenna Towers Using Cutting and X-ray Diffraction Methods. George Roy and Khaled Sennah (CANMET-Natural Resources Canada, and Ryerson University, CANADA)
PAGES 63 -80_ROY et al _CANADA__IJRSESS 1(1) 2011
Buckling of Fiber Reinforced Composite Plates with Nanofiber Reinforced Matrices. Christos C. Chamis and Pappu L. N. Murthy (NASA Glenn Research Center, USA)
PAGES 81 – 96_Chamis et al _USA_ _IRSESS 1_1_ 2011
