A method to take account of inhomogeneity in mechanical component reliability calculations

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-168

  Li, Jian Ping ^a,b   Thompson, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Shijiazhuang Institute of Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Material inhomogeneity; Mechanical reliability; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

MATERIAL INHOMOGENEITY; MECHANICAL RELIABILITY;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 15544371970     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2004.837702     Document Type: Article

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