Practical procedures for reliability estimation of spacecraft structures and their components

AIAA Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1509-1515

  Székely, Gerhard S ^a,d,e   Teichert, Wolfgang H ^b,f   Brenner, Christoph E ^a,d,g   Pradlwarter, Helmut J ^a,d   Klein, Michel ^c   Schuëller, Gerhart I ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Atos Consulting NV   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d Institute of Engineering Mechanics   (Austria)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f Haagse Schouwweg 8g ^*

^g Steyr Daimler Puch AG   (Austria)

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EID: 17144464962     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.545     Document Type: Article

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