Fatigue limit estimated using finite lives

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 757-766

  Loren S ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Censoring; Endurance limit; Information matrix; Maximum likelihood; Stair case test

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ENDURANCE LIMIT; FATIGUE LIMIT;

FATIGUE TESTING;

EID: 0141619337     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2003.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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