Methodology to improve design of accelerated life tests in civil engineering projects.

For reliability testing an Energy Expansion Tree (EET) and a companion Energy Function Model (EFM) are proposed and described in this paper. Different from conventional approaches, the EET provides a more comprehensive and objective way to systematically identify external energy factors affecting re...

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Main Authors: Jing Lin, Yongbo Yuan, Jilai Zhou, Jie Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4128810?pdf=render