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    Special Issue on Advances in Reliability, Risk and Uncertainty Quantification through Global Collaboration

    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering
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    Many key developments in reliability, risk, and uncertainty quantification for engineering systems have emerged through international collaborative research, where complementary expertise, experience, and perspectives from different institutions are combined to address increasingly complex scientific and engineering challenges. Such collaborations create valuable synergies and provide opportunities to develop innovative theories, computational approaches, and practical solutions that may not be achievable within individual research communities.

    The National Chapter of European Safety & Reliability Association (ESRA) facilitates such developments by providing a structured platform for scientific exchange, international networking, and joint developments between researchers from different continents. This Special Issue aims to highlight high-quality achievements arising from such global collaborative research and to further strengthen international connections within the reliability, risk, and uncertainty quantification community. Particular emphasis will be placed on contributions involving intercontinental collaboration and/or developments with clear relevance and applicability across different geographical, environmental, or engineering contexts. It particularly welcomes innovative and interdisciplinary contributions that advance the state of the art and demonstrate the value of collaborative research across geographical and disciplinary boundaries.

    Topic Areas

    THE SCOPE OF THIS ISSUE INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:
    • Reliability analysis, Reliability-based design optimization and robust design
    • Risk assessment and risk-informed decision-making
    • Uncertainty quantification and propagation
    • Stochastic dynamics and random vibration
    • Probabilistic modeling and simulation of engineering systems
    • Digital twins, structural health monitoring, and predictive maintenance
    • Data-driven, physics-informed, and hybrid methods for reliability analysis
    • System reliability, resilience, and lifecycle management
    • Reliability and maintenance of intelligent unmanned systems
    • Advanced applications in complex mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering systems across diverse geographical and environmental contexts

    Special Issue Publication Dates

    Paper submission deadline: April 30, 2027
    Initial review completed: August 31, 2027
    Publication date: December 2027

    Submission Instructions

    Papers should be submitted electronically to the journal through the ASME Journal Tool. If you already have an account, log in as an author and select Submit Paper. If you do not have an account, you can create one here. 

    Once at the Paper Submittal page, select the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems Part B: Mechanical Engineering, and then under the Special Issue field, select Special Issue on Advances in Reliability, Risk and Uncertainty Quantification through Global Collaboration

    Papers received after the deadline or papers not selected for the Special Issue may be accepted for publication in a regular issue.

    Guest Editors

    Jian-Bing Chen, Tongji University, China (chenjb@tongji.edu.cn)

    Hong-Zhong Huang, University of Electronic Science & Technology of China, China (hzhuang@uestc.edu.cn)

    Yan-Fu Li, Tsinghua University, China (liyanfu@tsinghua.edu.cn)

    Enrico Zio, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (enrico.zio@polimi.it)

    Michael Beer, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany (beer@irz.uni-hannover.de)

    Meng-Ze Lyu, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany (mengze.lyu@irz.uni-hannover.de)