The 8th International Conference on System Reliability and Safety
Sicily, Italy - November 20-22, 2024

Special Issue: Reliability Analysis and Risk Assessment of Nuclear Systems

The 15% selected paper will be recommended and invited to publish an extended version (At least 30% new contents) on Journal of Nuclear Engineering.The top 8 papers will be granted with free article processing charges (APC).

 

Journal of Reliability Science and Engineering

Special Issue: System Reliability and Safety in Varying and Extreme Environments

Guest Editors:
Enrico Zio (enrico.zio@polimi.it) MINES Paris – PSL University, France and Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Yu Liu (yuliu@uestc.edu.cn) University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

Reliability and safety are crucial attributes of system operation. The supporting theories and methodologies to deal with complex systems in varying and extreme environments differ significantly from those applied in traditional environments. Extreme environmental conditions such as ultra-high pressures, extreme temperatures (both high and low), intense electromagnetic and radiation fields, as well as high humidity and extreme loads in deep sea, deep earth, deep space and other such environments, pose new and more stringent requirements on the reliability and safety of complex systems. On the other hand, the working environment inevitably changes over time, leading to complicated failure and degradation behaviors of engineered systems. Such real context of operation necessitates the development of novel reliability and safety theories and methodologies, and techniques of testing and simulation, for their effective and robust application in practice.
This special issue focuses on reliability and safety methods, physical/mathematical and data-driven models, reliability testing, system lifetime prediction and performance evaluation, intelligent operation and maintenance of complex systems in varying and extreme environments. The objective of the special issue is to establish a platform of exchange of the latest research on the reliability and safety assurance of engineered systems under varying and extreme condition, in support to the advancement of reliability and safety science and engineering.
Extended papers from the 8th conference ICSRS (2024) are particularly welcome for submission.

Scope

The special issue topics include, but are not limited to:
- Advances in safety and reliability theories and methodologies for complex systems under varying and extreme service/natural conditions
- Novel fault diagnosis and health management of complex systems under varying and extreme service/natural conditions
- Advances in reliability testing and modelling of complex systems under varying and extreme service/natural conditions
- Engineering application of novel reliability and safety methodologies on complex systems under varying and extreme service/natural conditions
- Reliability and safety of complex systems at extreme spatiotemporal scales, such as critical infrastructures, ultra large spacecraft and ultra small systems represented by micro nano robots
- Integration of advanced algorithms (e.g., machine learning, AI, Multi-source data fusion) for complex systems reliability and safety assessment under varying and extreme service/natural conditions

Submission process

We encourage submissions from all authors whose work fits with the scope of the focus collection of the special issue. The collection will also feature invited contributions. All special issue articles are subject to the same review process as regular articles. It is noted that the link for the special issue submission will be updated around the end of October, 2024.  

Important dates

The submission portal will open by 1st November 2024
The submission deadline is 31st May 2025
We encourage early submission where possible, as articles will be published on acceptance without being delayed by other papers in the collection.

Publication charges

All articles in Journal of Reliability Science and Engineering are published on an open access basis. Publication is funded by the editorial office and no charges are required for the authors.