Review of statistical methods used in quantifying NDT reliability

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-79

  Schneider, Charles R A ^a   Rudlin, John R ^a  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENT TESTING; FUNCTIONS; INSPECTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL TESTS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; WELDS;

PROBABILITY OF DETECTION (POD); RADIOGRAPHIC DETECTABILITY; THROUGH WALL EXTENT (TWE);

DEFECTS;

EID: 1242353003     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.46.2.77.55549     Document Type: Review

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