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The authors’ experience aptly leads to a ‘Statistical engineering’ approach to the problem of dispersion of materials’ properties, particularly in small samples. The paper examines methods of obtaining the most appropriate statistical distribution, the best estimate of the distribution’s parameters and the most appropriate goodness-of-fit procedure. The concepts of statistical mapping, using non-dimensional shape factors, are introduced and presented in three formats. Eighteen engineering ceramics data sets, covering brittle, low-temperature strength to less brittle, high-temperature creep properties, are used to illustrate the methods discussed in the paper.
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Snedden, J.D., Sinclair, C.D. (1989). Statistical Mapping and Analysis of Engineering Ceramics Data. In: Cocks, A.C.F., Ponter, A.R.S. (eds) Mechanics of Creep Brittle Materials 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1117-8_8
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