Simulating strength, reliability, and viability for damaged structural elements

Research has been done on estimating and providing viability in machines and equipment on the assumption of the essential scope for safe operation for a certain time employing damaged components. The approach enables one to handle various tasks with a precision sufficient for engineering practice that arise in designing and operating constructional elements having hypothetical or actual defects and damage and operated under standard or emergency conditions. __________ Translated from Khimicheskoe i Neftegazovoe Mashinostroenie, No. 1, pp. 37–42, January, 2007.