The effects of material variations on aircraft inspection schedules based on stochastic crack growth model

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 861-869

  Chen, Chung De ^a   Liu, Chuan I ^a   Chen, Ju Ming ^a   Yu, Armstrong ^a   Hsu, Hsi Tsung ^b  

^a AEROSPACE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aircraft inspection; Fatigue; Probability; Stochastic crack growth

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AIRCRAFT INSPECTION; LOG STANDARD DEVIATION; MATERIAL VARIATIONS; STOCHASTIC CRACK GROWTH;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 38949162183     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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