@article{ref1,
title="The derivation of structural usage profiles for vehicles from failure statistics",
journal="International journal of vehicle design",
year="2008",
author="Wannenburg, Johann and Heyns, P. Stephan",
volume="47",
number="1/2/3/4",
pages="269-289",
abstract="A methodology is presented to derive a statistical fatigue loading profile of the total population of users of a vehicle model, from failure data recorded on the same or a previous model. The method is based on fitting a bivariate probability density function on normalised failure data. This is radically more economic than existing methods. Reasonable accuracy could be achieved, even if the failures represent only a small fraction of the total population. The two-parameter usage profile determined in this way offers a powerful approach to predict failures or derive statistically based durability test or design requirements.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0143-3369",
doi="10.1504/IJVD.2008.020891",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJVD.2008.020891"
}