ESTIMATING RELIABILITY AS A FUNCTION OF STRESS/STRENGTH DATA

Abstract

The mode of failure for guided weapons is shown to be by chance excess of the failure strength of some component of the assemblage rather than by wear out. An expression for the probability of such failure is developed utilizing the assumption of the normal density function for the description of the scatter of maximum stress experience and of failure strength of a component. The effect of reduction of scatter is shown, both for a single component and for a multiplicity of components.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0268363

Entities

People

  • J. E. Norman

Organizations

  • United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Delta Functions
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Gaussian Distributions
  • Government Procurement
  • Guided Missiles
  • Guided Weapons
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Integrals
  • Normal Distribution
  • Probability
  • Quality Control
  • Reliability
  • Rocket Engines
  • Standards
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Statistical inference.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Systems Analysis and Design