Inherent variability of an experimental crack growth curve

Structural Safety

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-76

  Casciati, F ^a   Colombi, P ^b   Faravelli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crack growth; Fatigue tests; Fracture; Material non homogeneities; Random fatigue

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CRACK GROWTH CURVES; MATERIAL NON-HOMOGENEITIES; RANDOM FATIGUE; STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS METHOD; STATISTICAL ESTIMATES;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

CRACK PROPAGATION; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 33749062369     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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