Expert system for integrity assessment of piping containing defects

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-155

  Lin, Y C ^a   Xie, Y J ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIAONING SHIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Expert system; Failure probability; Monte Carlo method; Pressure piping; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEFECTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PIPING SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

BENDING MOMENT; FAILURE PROBABILITY; INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE PIPING;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 28644431686     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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