Life-time reliability based assessment of structures submitted to thermal fatigue

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1359-1373

  Guede Z ^a   Sudret, B ^b   Lemaire, M ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

^c Inst Francais de Mecanique Avancee   (France)

Author keywords

Life time; Spectral methods; Structural reliability; Thermal fatigue

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

FAILURE CALCULATION; FAILURE PROBABILITY; HIGH CYCLES FATIGUE (HCF); THERMAL FATIGUE RELIABILITY;

THERMAL FATIGUE;

EID: 33947386254     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.10.021     Document Type: Article

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