Reliability Growth Testing Effectiveness.

Abstract

This report documents the results of an RADC(Rome Air Development Center) Systems Reliability and Engineering Branch in-house study on reliability growth testing. The study involved examination of DoD policy regarding this form of testing, an extensive literature search on techniques and applications as well as consultation with Air Force reliability experts on the subject. The results address a general overview of models and techniques applied with particular attention to unique approaches found in the literature. Numerous current and past Air Force applications are cited indicating the range of possible approaches. The report concludes by addressing many of the questions regarding reliability growth testing expressed by those skeptical of it.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA141232

Entities

People

  • P. R. Macdiarmid
  • S. F. Morris

Organizations

  • Rome Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Computational Science
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Databases
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Maintenance
  • Radar
  • Reliability
  • Reliability Engineering
  • Simulators
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Economics
  • Software Engineering.