... solar cells tensile strength Weibull distribution fracture theory fracture stress etching silicon wafer strength Weibull distribution The ever decreasing thickness and increasing size of silicon wafers for photovoltaics require better understanding of the mechanical properties...

... sources in wind turbine power output and energy losses are presented. Third, a new method for estimating the overall AEP uncertainty when using a Weibull distribution is presented. While it is commonly assumed that the uncertainty in the wind resource should be scaled by a factor between 2 and 3 to yield...

... Division, February 27, 2003; final revision, July 15, 2003. Associate Editor: D. Berg. 27 February 2003 15 July 2003 26 11 2003 probability wind turbines Weibull distribution parameter estimation The robust estimation of long-term extreme loads from field records...

..., and skewness). Quadratic Weibull distribution functions based on these three moments are shown to match the measured load distributions if the non-damaging low-amplitude ranges are first eliminated. The moments are mapped to the wind conditions with a two-dimensional regression over ten-minute average wind...

... 01 May 2000 wind turbines fatigue reliability Weibull distribution Gaussian distribution vibrations drag As in other structural engineering applications, reliability analysis of structures subjected to wind requires careful study of appropriate load models. Whether...