Highlights► The reliability of fatigue prone structures is improved by maintenance scheduling. ► Fatigue cracks are modeled by means of cohesive elements. ► Fatigue crack growth and the outcome of inspections are affected by uncertainties. ► The optimal maintenance scheme is determined using reliability based optimization. ► The optimum is a trade off between the inspection, repair and failure costs.
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