CPSI - The Bridge between the requirements of NDE Results and Reliability of Structural Integrity Assessment
L. Toth, Bay Zoltan Institute for Logistics and Production Systems, Miskolc-Tapolca, Hungary
ABSTRACT
The crack propagation sensitivity index (CPSI) of construction elements for the quasistatic and cyclic loaded components is proposed. Using this definition the reliability of the structural element (RSE) having crack like defects and the reproducibility (reliability) of the non destructive testing (NDT) results and determination of crack propagation resistance (CPR) of material creates a "closed-loop system", i.e. the requirements for the RSE-NDT-CPR are interconnected.
Publication Source: First International Conference on NDE in Relation to Structural Integrity for Nuclear and Pressurised Components , 20 - 22 October 1998, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Held by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. Publisher:Woodhead Publishing Limited
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