Vol. 50 No. 1 CONTENTS
Special Issue on Reliability Engineering
General Paper

Special Issue on Reliability Engineering (Vol.50 No.1)

Original Paper (Vol.50 No.1)

Markov Process Model for the Strength and Reliability of Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites

Koichi GODA

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Probabilistic Strength Estimation Against Various Interlayer Thicknesses in Ceramic/Metal Joints

Manabu TAKAHASHI, Nagatoshi OKABE, Xia ZHU and Ken-ichiro KAGAWA

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Fatigue Strength and Fracture Mechanisms of Porous Silicon Carbide

Akio YONEZU, Takeshi OGAWA and Hiroshi KAWAMOTO

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Statistical Fatigue Properties of Nonferrous Metals Based on the Statistical Aspect of Crack Initiation and Propagation Behaviors

Kenji OKADA, Tatsuo SAKAI, Izuru NISHIKAWA, Atsushi SUGETA, Toshiyuki SHIMOKAWA and Satoshi NISHIJIMA

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A New Probabilistic Model for Random Fatigue Crack Growth Based upon a Random Field

Hiroaki TANAKA

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Probabilistic Evaluation System of Seismic Damage States for Bridge Structures

Akihiko KANEYOSHI , Ayaho MIYAMOTO , Hideaki NAKAMURA and Eiji NAKAYAMA

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Disaster Simulation for Chemical Plant - In Case of Considering for Outflow of Storage, Evaporation and Diffusion of Gas-

Tetsusei KURASHIKI, Masaru ZAKO and Yoshiko YASUTAKE

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General Paper (Vol.50 No.1)

Review paper (Vol.50 No.1)

Recent Progress and Prospect of High Strength Sheet Steel for Automotive Use

Kazutoshi Kunishige

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Original Paper (Vol.50 No.1)

Damage Zone around Crack Tip and Fracture Toughness of Rubber-Modified Epoxy Resin under Mixed Mode Condition

Deok-bo LEE, Toru IKEDA and Noriyuki MIYAZAKI

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Modelling of Ultrasonic Attenuation In Unidirectional FRP -Formulation and Analysis for Longitudinal Wave-

Shiro BIWA, Yufu WATANABE, Yoshihiro KOTAKE and Nobutada OHNO

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Effects of Specimen Thickness on Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of Titanium Alloys in Air and in 3%NaCl Solution

Masaki NAKAJIMA, Toshihiro SHIMIZU and Keiro TOKAJI

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X-Ray Evaluation of Residual Stresses During Heat-Treating of Continuous SiC Fiber-Reinforced 606lAl Alloy Composite

Yasukazu IKEUCHI, Tatsuya MATSUE and Takao HANABUSA

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Lecture (Vol.50 No.1)

Application of Reliability Engineering for Safety Design and Maintenance against Mechanical Structure and Components ‡T:Application of Reliability Engineering to Long Life Guarantee of Bearings

Noriyasu OGUMA and Yutaka ABE

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