Time-dependent reliability analysis for function generator mechanisms

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Junfu ^a   Du, Xiaoping ^b  

^a XIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

FIRST-PASSAGE; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; KINEMATICS RELIABILITY; MEAN VALUES; MOTION INPUT; RANDOM DIMENSION; TIME DEPENDENT; TIME DEPENDENT RELIABILITY; TIME DEPENDENT RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TIME INTERVAL;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953045481     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003539     Document Type: Article

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