A probabilistic-based airframe integrity management model

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 932-941

  Wang, X ^a   Rabiei, M ^a   Hurtado, J ^a   Modarres, M ^a   Hoffman, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging aircraft; Airframe reliability; Fatigue; Health management; Life prediction; Physics of failure; Prognostics

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRFRAMES; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DURABILITY; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

AGING AIRCRAFT; AIRFRAME RELIABILITY; FATIGUE; HEALTH MANAGEMENT; LIFE PREDICTION; PHYSICS OF FAILURE; PROGNOSTICS;

CRACK CLOSURE;

EID: 60249101036     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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