Stochastic updating of probabilistic life models for rotorcraft dynamic components

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Cross, Richard J ^a   Makeev, Andrew ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CORROSION FATIGUE; CRACK DETECTION; MAINTENANCE; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

BAYES' RULES; CONDITION-BASED MAINTENANCES; CORROSION INSPECTIONS; CURRENT PARAMETERS; FATIGUE MODELS; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN; LIFE MODELS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS; PRIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; REMAINING LIVES; ROTARY WINGS; ROTORCRAFT DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 60549090840     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.54.012009     Document Type: Article

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