Weibull Analysis Effective Volume and Effective Area for a Ceramic C-Ring Test Specimen

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 233-238

  Duffy, S F ^a   Baker, E H ^b   Wereszczak, A A ^c   Swab, J J ^d  

^a Cleveland State University   (United States)

^b Connecticut Reserve Technologies LLC ^*  (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

C ring test specimens; ceramics; effective area; effective volume; finite element analysis; gun barrels; parameter estimation; reliability; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

ASTM STANDARDS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; GEOMETRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

C-RING TEST SPECIMEN; CERAMIC; EFFECTIVE AREA; EFFECTIVE VOLUME; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSE; GUN BARRELS; PARAMETERS ESTIMATION; RING TEST; SPECIMEN GEOMETRY; TEST SPECIMENS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77953205216     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JTE12617     Document Type: Article

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