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A new family of life distributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Z.W. Birnbaum  and
S.C. Saunders
Z.W. Birnbaum
Affiliation:
University of Washington
S.C. Saunders
Affiliation:
Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Seattle
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Summary

A new two parameter family of life length distributions is presented which is derived from a model for fatigue. This derivation follows from considerations of renewal theory for the number of cycles needed to force a fatigue crack extension to exceed a critical value. Some closure properties of this family are given and some comparisons made with other families such as the lognormal which have been previously used in fatigue studies.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , August 1969 , pp. 319 - 327
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Copyright © Sheffield: Applied Probability Trust 

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