Comparison of genetic programming with conventional methods for fatigue life modeling of FRP composite materials

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1634-1645

  Vassilopoulos, Anastasios P ^a   Georgopoulos, Efstratios F ^b   Keller, Thomas ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Genetic programming; Life prediction; S N curve

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

LIFE PREDICTION; S-N CURVE;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 43949093823     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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