On fatigue damage assessment in bimodal random processes

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 232-244

  Benasciutti, D ^a   Tovo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bimodal spectral density; Fatigue damage; Gaussian process; Rainflow count

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL SPECTRAL DENSITY; FATIGUE DAMAGE; GAUSSIAN PROCESS; RAINFLOW COUNT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 33749664353     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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