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Traditional methods generally require costly and time-consuming fatigue tests, whereas they ignore the outfield data containing abundant life information. Thus, this paper proposes a novel life extension method based on statistical inference of test and outfield life data. In this method, the MLG\u2019s fatigue life is assumed to follow a right-skewed lognormal distribution with an asymmetric probability density function. In addition, the MLG\u2019s new safe life can be inferred through the Bayesian approach in which the test life data and outfield life data are used for prior information acquisition and Bayesian update, respectively. The results indicated that the MLG\u2019s safe life was significantly extended, illustrating the effectiveness of the proposed method. Numerous simulations also demonstrated that the extended safe life can meet the requirements of reliability and confidence and thus is applicable in engineering practice.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym15040880","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,10]],"date-time":"2023-04-10T03:49:29Z","timestamp":1681098569000},"page":"880","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["A Novel Safe Life Extension Method for Aircraft Main Landing Gear Based on Statistical Inference of Test Life Data and Outfield Life Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6388-5676","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yueshuai","family":"Fu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Huimin","family":"Fu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sheng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Aeronautical Technology Research Center, Beijing 100076, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"164","DOI":"10.1016\/S1000-9361(11)60020-4","article-title":"Theory of Economic Life Prediction and Reliability Assessment of Aircraft Structures","volume":"24","author":"Yan","year":"2011","journal-title":"Chin. 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