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Scheme for the evolution of the probability distribution function of the shaft during an excitation. The shaded portion of the tail of the distribution at a time tE has been considered to be the probability to fail the excitation and fall back to the previous rest state. (Solid straight lines) VR; (dashed lines) VE.
