| Article ID: | iaor1997537 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 43 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Start Page Number: | 885 |
| End Page Number: | 896 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1996 |
| Journal: | Naval Research Logistics |
| Authors: | Arnold Barry C., Castillo Enrique, Sarabia Jos Mara |
| Keywords: | engineering |
Functional equations enable us to arrive at a simple consensus model for fatigue life of longitudinal elements based on engineering principles. The model is then applied to two representative data sets. By the application of proportional hazards techniques and subsequent likelihood analysis, simple parsimonious Weibull models are derived. Inter alia attention is given to the desirability of deriving models exhibiting plausible asymptotic independence.