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technical note

Calculating the Probability of Failure of a Hydraulic System

, PhD, MEng Sc, MAppl Sc, ME, BE (Member ASCE) , , PhD, BE (Member Inst Eng, Australia, Member ASCE) & , ME, BE (Member Inst Eng, Australia, Managing Director, ECOWISE)
Pages 209-214 | Received 14 Oct 1998, Accepted 13 Aug 2001, Published online: 11 Nov 2015

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