Specimen length effect on parameter estimation in modelling fatigue strength by Weibull distribution

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1047-1058

  Castillo, Enrique ^a   López Aenlle, Manuel ^b   Ramos, Antonio ^b   Fernández Canteli, Alfonso ^b   Kieselbach, Rolf ^c   Esslinger, Volker ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bootstrap method; Censored data; Fatigue data evaluation; Length independence analysis; Normalization; Size effect; Staircase method; Weibull model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BOOTSTRAP METHOD; CENSORED DATA; FATIGUE DATA EVALUATION; LENGTH INDEPENDENCE ANALYSIS; NORMALIZATION; SIZE EFFECT; STAIRCASE METHOD; WEIBULL MODEL;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 33646907418     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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