A Statistical Evaluation of the Staircase and the ArcSin√P Methods for Determining the Fatigue Limit

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-131

  Braam, J J ^a   Van Der Zwaag, S ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arcsin p; Fatigue limit; Staircase method; Statistics

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

STAIRCASE METHODS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032025312     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte11982j     Document Type: Article

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