Comparison of Effects of Natural Tropic Environment versus Chamber Exposure on Army Materiel

Abstract

Data were gathered for analysis and for comparison of natural tropical versus chamber environmental exposure effects on replicate samples of military materiel. Statistical analyses showed that correlations do exist for time to produce failure between natural and chamber tests but that they vary for different types of hardware. Increasing the severity of the environmental stress parameters is recommended to shorten chamber time to less than 28 days.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA142817

Entities

People

  • David Askin
  • Michael Ivankoe Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Corrosion
  • Diagrams
  • Environment
  • Failure Analysis
  • High Temperature
  • Humidity
  • Instrumentation
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Performance Tests
  • Salt Spray Tests
  • Sea Water
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Wiring Diagrams

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.