Preface. Introduction. Engineering, risk, quality and the law: Prevention of human failure. - G. A Peters. The ambiguous nature of the terms hazard, risk and danger as they are used by the lay public, technologists and attorneys. - D. Muster.
Adequacy of consumer product warnings: a legal review and recommendations. - N. C. Silver. Language and font sizes of warnings: a review and implications. - N. C. Silver, R.
Ferrante, G. Morris. The product liability law in Japan. - T. Yamanda.Activity of JSME PL committee. - Y. Murakami.
Reliability, risk and insurance: three sides of a special coin. - P. F. Frutuoso e Melo, N. H. Hurtado, P. Kaleff. The forensic engineering study of catastrophic failures in the United States.
- M. Sabbighian, D. e. Becnel, Jr, F. C. Dudenhefer, Jr. Improved design through failure analsis. - I.
LeMay. Using failure mode and effects analysis to improve product safety. - R. E. McClay. Quality assurance contracts: necessary details and limits of responsibility. - C. O.
Bauer. Can patenting prevent failure? - P. Revy von Belvard.Case studies: Multiple fatalities caused by loss of a tractor-trailer's load. - A. A. Johnson.Fatigue in tank vehicles.
- T. Svensson, H. Torstensson. Use of rigid body dynamics theory to resolve a complicated patent litigation claim. - B. Ross, J. Kokarakis. A fatal accident caused by a spindle/knuckle separation.
- K. L. Sales, A. A. Johnson. Concrete deterioration in an old oil refinery in the Arabian gulf-case study. - O. K.
Daoud, I. A. Ibrahim. Engineering analysis of the EXXON VALDEZ trackline path and grounding. - R. Kadlec, E. Beres, D. Hayes.
Hydrodynamic modelling of the EXXON VALDEZ using full-scale sea trails. - R. Kadlec, F. Bayan, E. Beres. Limitation of operational forces in, power-operated doors and gates. - L. D.
Anderson, H. O. Torstensson. Structural dynamics of step ladders: failure of defective wood step. - M. A. Eisenberg. Case studies in lifting equipment.
- C. E. Nicholson, P. F. Heyes. Fretting cracking and its prevention: application in transmission line fatigue. - Z. R.
Zhou, A. Cardou, S. Goudreau, M. Fiset, L. Vincent. Analysis of a polyethylene plant explosion. -S. W.
Winder, D. R. Hayes. Failure analysis of a valve and court room consequences. - C. P. Hoogensen. Explosion of an oil tank at a thermoelectric power plant.
- O. F Ally.Statistics of transmission pipeline fractures. - V. V. Polyakov, V. V. Kharionovsky.
Materials and failure mechanisms: A failure of a material or of advanced technical education - implications of an expected material failure. - R>Fiedler. Application of automatic learning of failure cases to optimal reliability. - J. Zarka, M. Terrien. Intelligent system of failure analysis. - J.
Jazwinski, K. Wazinska-Fiok, J. Zurek. Principles of system synthesis from the point of view of reliability and safety criteria. - J. Borgon, J. Jazwinski, K. Wazynska-Fiok.
On prestressed concrete elements - reflection on code requirements and proposed supplements. - A. Bussiba, Y. Ka tz, M. Szanto. Application of monitoring technology to bridge assessment. - T. J.
DeWolf, R. G. Lauzon. Coupling vibration of turbomachinery rotor blades as a possible cause of disk rim failure. - A. P. Zinkovskii. Limitations of a kinematic hardening model for assessing ratchetting failures in pressurised pipes.
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Charles. Probabilistic prediction of fatigue life in the short cracks range. - D. Kocanda, H. Tomaszek. Stochastic analysis of the creep behaviour of multicomponent solids. - D. R.
Axelrad. Reliability evaluation of components using fracture mechanics in spite of uncertain data. - D. Winkler, E. Kaulfersch, B. Michel.A proposal of a quality.