Fault location of tribo-mechanical systems - a graph theory and matrix approach

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-14

  Sehgal, R ^a   Gandhi, O P ^b   Angra, S ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c REC   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANISMS;

BACKTRACING; LEVEL STRUCTURING; TRIBOMECHANICAL SYSTEMS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034288502     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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