Damage-based evaluation of probability density distribution for rain-flow ranges from random processes

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 425-429

  Tovo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAIN; RANDOM PROCESSES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

RAINFLOW RANGES;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0033733015     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-1123(00)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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