Reliability assessment method for pressure piping containing circumferential defects based on fuzzy probability

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 669-678

  Zhou, Jianqiu ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fuzziness; Fuzzy probability; Pressure piping; Randomness; Reliability assessment

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY;

CIRCUMFERENTIAL DEFECTS; FUZZY FAILURE PROBABILITY; PRESSURE PIPING;

FUZZY SETS;

DEFECT; PIPING; RELIABILITY;

EID: 22144451067     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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