On the estimation of the fatigue cycle distribution from spectral density data

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 213, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 819-831

  Petrucci, G ^a   Zuccarello, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatigue cycle distribution; Fatigue life prediction; Random fatigue

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION; FATIGUE LIFE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION MODEL;

EID: 0033506685     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406991522437     Document Type: Article

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