Reliability analysis and inspection updating by stochastic response surface of fatigue cracks in mixed mode

Engineering Structures

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3392-3401

  Riahi, H ^a,b   Bressolette, P H ^a   Chateauneuf, A ^a   Bouraoui, C H ^b   Fathallah, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Inspection scheduling; Mechanical reliability coupling; Mixed mode fatigue crack growth; Reliability updating; Stochastic response surface; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

CRACK LENGTH; ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; EXPLICIT EXPRESSIONS; FAILURE PROBABILITY; FATIGUE CRACKS; FATIGUE FAILURES; LIMIT STATE FUNCTIONS; MECHANICAL-RELIABILITY COUPLING; MIXED MODE; NUMERICAL APPLICATIONS; NUMERICAL EFFICIENCY; OPERATIONAL LIFETIME; RELIABILITY LEVEL; RELIABILITY METHODS; SECOND-ORDER RELIABILITY METHODS; STOCHASTIC COLLOCATION METHOD; STOCHASTIC RESPONSE SURFACES; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY;

CRACKS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INSPECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054946088     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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