Statistical analysis of defects for fatigue strength prediction and quality control of materials

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1049-1065

  Beretta, S ^a   Murakami, Y ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defects; Extreme value statistics; Fatigue strength; Quality control

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0032293895     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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