Reliability Analysis of Structures with Weibull Distributions of Load and Strength to a Given Confidence Level

Abstract

The statistical variation of load and strength is described by a three parameter Weibull distribution. The Weibull parameters are evaluated by a least square analysis and a method is presented which allows confidence bounds to be assigned to these quantities. A Monte Carlo analysis is used to calculate the reliability of the structure from the load and strength distributions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA119490

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People

  • J. F. Laurillard
  • J. Margetson

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Composite Materials
  • Confidence Limits
  • Data Science
  • Distribution Functions
  • Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Normal Distribution
  • Probability
  • Reliability
  • Rocket Engines
  • Statistical Distributions
  • Structural Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Statistical inference.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.