Accession Number:

AD0816657

Title:

ESTIMATION OF PEAK PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURAL FATIGUE DAMAGE.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Jul 65-Jun 66,

Corporate Author:

MEASUREMENT ANALYSIS CORP LOS ANGELES CA

Personal Author(s):

• Bendat, Julius S.
• Beckwith, Richard E.
• Choi, Sung C.

Report Date:

1967-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

54.0

Abstract:

This report develops theoretical and statistical formulas for estimating peak probability functions and structural fatigue damage. Narrowband Gaussian processes, wideband Gaussian processes, and non-Gaussian processes are considered. Results cover both single degree-of-freedom systems and multiple degree-of-freedom systems. Confidence limits and sample size requirements are derived to estimate fatigue damage from finite size data samples.

Descriptors:

• *PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS)
• (*STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• (*FATIGUE(MECHANICS)
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS)
• CONFIDENCE LIMITS
• STATISTICAL PROCESSES
• ERRORS
• INTEGRAL EQUATIONS
• ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
• INTEGRALS
• PROBABILITY
• RANDOM VARIABLES
• SAMPLING

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability
• Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE