Component Failure Rates and Their Role in Reliability Prediction

Abstract

The report details various sources of failure rate data, illustrating their uses and limitations. Failure rate data from eight sources is included. The principles involved in using this data to predict equipment reliability are included, and examples of the type of calculation involved for various systems are fully described. Useful predictions are possible but great care is necessary both in the choice of failure rate data and the actual use to which the prediction is put. Brief mention is made of other methods of prediction, such as multiple regression analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0737253

Entities

People

  • N. A. Walter
  • P. M. Watson

Organizations

  • Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Capacitors
  • Circuit Boards
  • Circuits
  • Diodes
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Elements
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Films
  • Handbooks
  • Physical Properties
  • Printed Circuit Boards
  • Printed Circuits
  • Resistors
  • Semiconductors
  • Transistors
  • Variable Resistors

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.
  • Systems Analysis and Design