Benchmark analysis and numerical investigation on probabilistic fracture mechanics analysis codes for NPPs piping

A reliability assessment method for stru

A reliability assessment method for structural metallic component with inherent flaws based on finite element analysis and probabilistic fracture mechanics model

✍ Bo Wu; Anglika Brückner-Foit; Qiang Li; Lu Chen; Jinbiao Fu; Chaohui Zhang 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 514 KB

Reliability assessment is an essential step to promote advanced materials and components into applications. In this paper, a general reliability assessment framework was proposed to predict the lifetime distribution of a structural steel component with inherent flaws. By combining materials informat