1st Edition

Probability Applications in Mechanical Design

Edited By Franklin Fisher Copyright 2000
304 Pages
by CRC Press

This reference/text clarifies fatigue and design problems by applying probability and computer analysis, solving examples using commercially available software. Including over 800 equations, references, and drawings, the book outlines data reduction techniques for discrete and grouped data; covers linear and nonlinear optimization and the basics of mechanical reliability; presents geometric... Read more
Data reduction; application of probability to mechanical design; optimum design; reliability. Appendices: linearization of the Weibull equation; Monte Carlo simulation; forms of computer optimization routines; mechanical failure rates for non-electric reliability; statistical tables; Los Angeles rainfall 1899-1997.

Biography

Franklin Fisher