A general multi-modal probability density function suitable for the rainflow ranges of stationary random processes

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-223

  Nagode, Marko ^a   Fajdiga, Matija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Multi modal Weibull p.d.f; Rainflow counting; Random processes

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

RAINFLOW COUNTING METHOD;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0032029003     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(97)00106-0     Document Type: Article

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