Reliability-based aircraft structural design pays, even with limited statistical data

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 812-823

  Acar, Erdem ^a,b,c,d   Haftka, Raphael T ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Technology Hall N272B

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY THEORY; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DETERMINISTIC DESIGN; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; LIGHTWEIGHT COMPONENTS; SAFETY FACTORS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 34547271984     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.25335     Document Type: Article

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