Equation 25 · Part 1 · Why Materials Fail: Fracture, Flaws and the Inspection Interval
Symbol V
What this part means
V is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Its job in the formula
V is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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The passage around this formula
If the strength of a brittle body is set by its largest flaw, and flaw populations are random, then strength is a random variable and reporting a mean is an error of category. The standard treatment is the Weibull weakest-link model, in which the probability that a body of volume V survives a uniform stress is
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Sources cited in the article section
- [11] Weibull analysis of ceramics and related materials: A review ↗
- [12] A practical and systematic review of Weibull statistics for reporting strengths of dental materials ↗
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