Life and Reliability Testing: A Method of Failure Distribution Sensitivity Analysis.

Abstract

The fourfold purpose of the paper is to: Present a general discussion of the concepts involved in reliability and life testing; Discuss some of the currently available life and reliability testing procedures based on the exponential, Weibull, and normal distributions; Develop two methods for evaluating the error incurred when an incorrect underlying failure distribution is assumed; Present some general results obtained by applying the error evaluation techniques developed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0738956

Entities

People

  • Jerry L. Chapin

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Distribution Functions
  • Normal Distribution
  • Performance (Engineering)
  • Reliability
  • Sensitivity
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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