Reliability of aircraft structures under non-periodic inspection: A Bayesian approach

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 789-805

  Deodatis, George ^a   Asada, Hiroo ^b   Ito, Seiichi ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INSPECTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SERVICE LIFE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; NONPERIODIC INSPECTION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

AIRCRAFT; FATIGUE ANALYSIS; INSPECTION; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030088378     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7944(95)00137-9     Document Type: Article

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