Simultaneous uncertainty quantification of fracture mechanics based life prediction model parameters

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1510-1515

  Cross, Richard ^a   Makeev, Andrew ^a   Armanios, Erian ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Fatigue; Initial flaw size; Probabilistic modeling

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SET THEORY; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

BAYESIAN INFERENCES; ESTIMATION OF THE EQUIVALENT INITIAL FLAW SIZE (EIFS); INITIAL FLAW SIZES; PREDICTION MODEL PARAMETERS; PROBABILISTIC MODELING;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 33947662011     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.10.027     Document Type: Article

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