A physical probabilistic model to predict failure rates in buried PVC pipelines

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1258-1266

  Davis, P ^a   Burn, S ^a   Moglia, M ^a   Gould, S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Failure; Fracture mechanics; Monte Carlo simulation; Network failure rate; PVC pipe

Indexed keywords

CAST IRON; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PROBABILITY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FAILURE RATES; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURES; NETWORK FAILURE RATES;

WATER PIPELINES;

EID: 33847412451     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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