Uncertainty analysis of data-based models for estimating collapse moments of wall-thinned pipe bends and elbows

Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 323-330

  Kim, Dong Su ^a   Kim, Ju Hyun ^b   Na, Man Gyun ^b   Kim, Jin Weon ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Collapse moment; Support vector regression; Uncertainty analysis; Wall thinned defect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864528081     PISSN: 17385733     EISSN: 2234358X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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