ABSTRACT
Equation (3); and characteristic values (Xk) for a given target level of reliability βT can be expressed as the function f{GSF; χ}.
χ μ
μ μ
χ χ
χ
k k k
=
+
=
;
(2)
GSF
GSF k k
GSF
=
+
=
μ μ μ
χ χ
;
(3)
where μX represents the mean value of the basic variable X and kX = Xk/μX.
