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Abstract A statistical model for life-lengths of structures under dynamic loading is derived. The model makes it possible to express the probability distribution of life-lengths in terms of the load given as a function of time and of deterioration occurring in time independently of loading. The special case of a constant load (or of periodic loading with constant amplitude) leads to gamma distributions for life lengths.
Birnbaum et al. (Sat,) studied this question.