S23  Projeto de Sistemas Mecânicos    Titulo: AVALIAÇÃO DA CONFIABILIDADE EM SISTEMAS PELO MÉTODO DA MATRIZ DE CONEXÃO   Resumo : SYSTEM RELIABILITY EVALUATION BY THE CONNECTION MATRIX METHOD ABSTRACT. TO ESTIMATE THE RELIABILITY VALUE IN COMPLEX CONFIGURATION SYSTEMS DIFFERENT METHODS OR TECHNIQUES ARE GENERALLY USED, BASED ON THE STRUCTURE REDUCTION TO A SIMPLE EQUIVALENT ELEMENT, WITH EQUAL RELIABILITY TO THAT OF THE COMPLETE STRUCTURE. ONE OF THESE METHODS IS THE CONNECTION MATRIX METHOD, RECOMMENDED TO DETERMINE THE RELIABILITY OF SYSTEMS OR COMPLEX STRUCTURES AND NON CONVENTIONAL CONFIGURATION, THROUGH IT CAN BE USED TO ESTIMATE THE VALUE OF THE RELIABILITY IN CONVENTIONAL COMPLEX STRUCTURES AND IN THE FUNDAMENTAL SIMPLE STRUCTURES (SERIES OR PARALLEL), IF KNOWN THE RELIABILITY VALUE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT FORM IT, DETERMINED FROM THE TRIAL DATA OF LIFE TESTS AND PROCESSED THROUGH STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES DISTRIBUTION. KEY-WORDS: RELIABILITY, STRUCTURES, SYSTEM REDUCTION.     Autores : Cavalca, Katia Lucchesi Mojena, Miguel Angel Reyes     Trabalho Completo :   COBEM99 | Comissão  Organizadora | Palestras | Sessões Técnicas | Autor | Simpósios e Sessões Especiais | Revisores |  Título  dos  Trabalhos | Local