Inference of equivalent initial flaw size under multiple sources of uncertainty

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-89

  Sankararaman, Shankar ^a   Ling, You ^a   Shantz, Chris ^a   Mahadevan, Sankaran ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Crack growth; Fatigue life prediction; Initial flaw size; Uncertainty quantification

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CRACK GROWTH; FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION; INITIAL FLAW; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK DETECTION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INFERENCE ENGINES; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957877006     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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