Recent advances in reliability analysis of aeroengine rotor system: a review

PurposeTo provide valuable information for scholars to grasp the current situations, hotspots and future development trends of reliability analysis area.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, recent researches on efficient reliability analysis and applications in complex engineering structures like aeroengine rotor systems are reviewd.FindingsThe recent reliability analysis advances of engineering application in aeroengine rotor system are highlighted, it is worth pointing out that the surrogate model methods hold great efficiency and accuracy advantages in the complex reliability analysis of aeroengine rotor system, since its strong computing power can effectively reduce the analysis time consumption and accelerate the development procedures of aeroengine. Moreover, considering the multi-objective, multi-disciplinary, high-dimensionality and time-varying problems are the common problems in various complex engineering fields, the surrogate model methods and its developed methods also have broad application prospects in the future.Originality/valueFor the strong demand for efficient reliability design technique, this review paper may help to highlights the benefits of reliability analysis methods not only in academia but also in practical engineering application like aeroengine rotor system.

Hydroelastic analysis of floating structures under wave loads

Accurate prediction of hydroelastic response in ocean waves is of great significance to the structural design and reliability design of floating structures. In this paper, based on the potential flow theory, a large floating structure is simplified as a thin-plate material, and the hydrodynamic characteristics of the structure are calculated by using the modal expansion method and the boundary element method. The correctness of the theory and calculation is verified by comparing the experimental and numerical results. Further, the wave properties and structural materials characterization were changed, this paper calculates the stress and deflection of the structure under wave action, and analyzes the effects of hydroelastic response on the safety of the structure.

Reliability Design and Simulation of High Density Packaging T/R Module

The requirements, development, packaging characteristics and existing reliability problems of high density packaging T/R modules are introduced, and the importance of reliability design is recognized. Aiming at the reliability problems of Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC), heat dissipation and electrostatic discharge, the reliability design and simulation scheme are given, and some cases are provided. Through design analysis and improvement, the reliability of 3D high density packaging T/R modules can be effectively improved.

Proposal on Hybrid Design Method of Outer Port Facilities Using Failure Probability

Lately, many efforts have been made to address the problem concerned with deterministic design using reliability-based design, and the research results are significant. However, there is considerable confusion in the design practice regarding how to use failure probability, the main output of reliability-based design. In this rationale, this study aims to develop a robust hybrid deterministic design method for outer port facilities using the failure probability. To this end, we first reviewed the design process of Eulleungdo East Breakwater, some of which were recently damaged. It was revealed that the exceeding probability of design wave height of 5.2 m was merely 0.65, which corresponds to a return period of 1.53 years, showing that the outer port facilities of Ulleungdo were considerably underdesigned. In an effort to find an alternative that can overcome the limitations of the deterministic design method, which is highly likely to involve subjective judgment, a Level III reliability design was carried out. In doing so, tri-modal Gaussian wave slope distribution was used as a probabilistic model for wave slope. Numerical results show that failure probability was excessively estimated in the Gaussian distribution, and even if the TTP size was slightly reduced, the failure probability increased rapidly. Although failure probability is sensitive to the change in nominal diameter, there is a gradually increasing zone where the failure probability change rapidly decreases when the nominal diameter is larger than the critical value. The presence of a Gradually Increasing Zone mentioned above implies that it is uneconomical and has no physical background to adjust the nominal diameter to be larger than the critical value. Therefore, it can be easily conceived that outer port facility design should be performed using a failure probability provided by Level III reliability-based design.

Improved Calculation of Load and Resistance Factors Based on Third-Moment Method

Load and resistance factor design (LRFD) is widely used in building codes for reliability design. In the calculation of load and resistance factors, the third-moment method (3M) has been proposed to overcome the shortcomings (e.g., inevitable iterative computation, requirement of probability density functions (PDFs) of random variables) of other methods. With the existing 3M method, the iterative is simplified to one computation, and the PDFs of random variables are not required. In this paper, the computation of load and resistance factors is further simplified to no iterations. Furthermore, the accuracy of the proposed method is proved to be higher than the existing 3M methods. Additionally, with the proposed method, the limitations regarding applicable range in the existing 3M methods are avoided. With several examples, the comparison of the existing 3M method, the ASCE method, the Mori method, and the proposed method is given. The results show that the proposed method is accurate, simple, safe, and saves material.

Research on Reliability Optimization Design of Mechanical Structure Based on Computational Intelligence

In order to extend the actual service life of mechanical equipment components and realize the reasonable protection of applied structural components, the reliability optimization design of mechanical structure based on computational intelligence is studied. With the help of wavelet neural network, the established reliability and reliability index are obtained, and then the basic theory of reliability and computational intelligence technology are studied through the reliability optimization of mechanical zero structure. On this basis, the application concepts of reliability design method are defined, and the final calculation result of reliability optimization value is obtained by combining fuzzy set and level cut set, so as to realize the reliability optimization design of mechanical structure based on computational intelligence. The experimental results show that, compared with the traditional design method, the optimization design method supported by computational intelligence technology can better improve the disadvantages of mechanical structure object, and has strong practical application value in extending the reliability application time.