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The damage tolerance approach to structural safety is based on the predicted growth of the “largest” crack that could be present in a structure at the start of a usage period1–4. The length, aNDE of this potential crack has generally been determined by correlating crack size with the reliability of the non-destructive evaluation (NDE) system employed during structural inspections. Since many factors other than crack length influence detectability, NDE reliability as a function of crack length must be expressed as a probability of detection (POD) and must be estimated from a demonstration experiment whose results are non-deterministic.
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Berens, A.P., Hovey, P.W. (1983). Evaluating POD/CL Characterizations of NDE Reliability. In: Thompson, D.O., Chimenti, D.E. (eds) Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data, vol 2A. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3706-5_4
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