Limit-state surface element method: Application to fatigue reliability with NDE inspections

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 684-692

  Moran, B ^a   Xu, Y ^a   Achenbach, J D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY;

FATIGUE RELIABILITY; LIMIT STATE SURFACE ELEMENT; QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 0033933926     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2000)126:7(684)     Document Type: Article

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