Vol. 47 No. 12 CONTENTS
Special Issue on Reliability Engineering
General Paper

Special Issue on Reliability Engineering (Vol.47 No.12)

Foreword

Nagatoshi Okabe

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Original Paper (Vol.47 No.12)

Structural Reliability Assessment Based on Numerical Integration Using Directional Vectors Approximation Method

and Y.T.Park M.Yonezawa,S.Okuda

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A Study on Tensile Strength Distribution and Its Temperature Dependence for Amorphous Alloy Ribbons

and T.Ito T.Sakai

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A Study of Method Utilizing Fatigue Life Data on Two Competing Fracture Modes

and T.Noguchi M.Kaneko,T.Nakamura

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The Properties of Fracture Strength and Reliability Estimation in Ceramics/Metal Joints

and H.Kobayashi M.Takahashi,N.Okabe

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Estimation Accuracy of Maximum Crack Length by Extreme Value Analysis-Factor of Difference in Estimation Accuracy between Theoretical Analysis and Monte Carlo Simulation--

and M.Ichikawa T.Matsumura

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Fatigue Reliability Assessment of Highway Bridges Using New Parameters

and H.Watanabe I.Okura,T.Ishikawa

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A Reliability Approach to Fatigue Damage Prediction of Highway Bridges with the Effect of Traffic-Induced Vibration under Consideration

and K.Furuiwa T.Nakayama,M.Kawatani,S.Kurumadani

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Optimal Maintenance for RC Decks of Bridge Network Based upon Life Cycle Cost

and M.Dogaki H.Furuta,A.Kanamori

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General Paper (Vol.47 No.12)

Original Paper (Vol.47 No.12)

Properties of Strength and Distribution for Ceramics Subjected to Contact Load

and N.Kan N.Okabe,Y.Abe,M.Ichikawa,T.Takamatsu

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An Evaluation Method for Microscopic and Macroscopic Properties of Damaged Materials Containing Distributed Elliptical Microcracks

and T.Kato T.Nishioka

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Study of Grading Mechanism by the Markov Type Grinding Model@|Application of Grinding Matrix-

and E.Onuma T.Ozaki,H.Kanai,S.Miwa,K.Hara

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Study on "Fibro-Composites"-Morphology of PBT/PE Blend

and H.Hamada K.Kitagawa,T.Semba

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Structure and Properties of Polyacetal Conposit Molding in Sandwich Moldings with Simultaneous Composite Injection Molding (SCI.Molding ) Machine

and H.Hamada W.Mizuno,K.Tomari

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Structure and Mechanical Properties of Injection Molded Thin Strip of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Liquid Crystalline Polymer

A.Fujita and H.Hamada F.Baba,

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Eigenfrequency Analysis Method of Sandwich Injection Moldings

and Z.Maekawa Y.Tanimoto,T.Nishiwaki,A.Tange,A.Fujita

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Synthesis of PET-b-HPB Block Copolymer and the Effect of Its Addition to PET/HDPE Polymer Blends

and A.Fukuda S.Sasao¤M.Shimada,K.Tomari,Y.Kita,A.Ueda,T.Harada

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Measurement of Biaxial Elongational Viscosity of Polymer Melts Using Lubricated Squeezing Flow Method

and K.Koyama A.Nishioka,Y.Takagi,T.Takahashi,Y.Masubuchi,J.Takimoto

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Lecture (Vol.47 No.12)

The Fundamental Principles and Techniques of X-Ray Stress Measurement and Current Developments in the Field ‡U:II:Maicrostress and Macrostress

and Y.Akiniwa K.Tanaka

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