Estimating Times to Early Failures Using Finite Data to Estimate the Weibull Scale Parameter

Abstract

Parameters for a Weibull distribution of times to failure must be estimated from a finite set of test points. Much effort has been expended identifying the shape parameter for different materials. This report investigates determining probabilities of early failures when estimating the scale parameter from a finite number of tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA050263

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Neulieb

Organizations

  • Flight Dynamics Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Databases
  • Distribution Functions
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Mechanics
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Probability Distribution Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Structural Integrity
  • Structural Mechanics

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