Stress/Strength Analysis - Structural/Mechanical Analysis of
Components and Systems
Stress/Strength analysis method determines the probability of failure based on the
probability of stress exceeding strength.
Calculation of Failure Probability (Unreliability) by:
• Distributions of Stress and Strength
• Variation information between Stress and Strength (Factor of Safety
n and Variations)
Having distributions of Stress and Strength, we may calculate failure probability
(Unreliability):
Having variation information between stress and strength (Factor of Safety n and
Variations), we may also calculate the unreliability: