Fatigue life calculation of flawed structures - Based on artificial neural network with special learning set

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-269

  Han, Yu Lin ^a   Liu, Xi ^b   Dai, Shu Ho ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Fatigue life; Flawed structures

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; WELDS;

FLAWED STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032019699     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(98)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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