A Reliability Test Method for "One-Shot" Items

Abstract

As a result of many reliability problems which have plagued procuring agencies in the missile and space programs, increased emphasis has been placed on the development of improved reliability demonstration test methods. In this connection, the Army has advocated increased use of the "test-to-failure" concept to establish the existence of satisfactory margins of reliability with respect to critical factors. This philosophy has the advantage in that statistical statements can be made regarding reliability on the basis of relatively small samples. This paper will discuss the application of this general concept to a particular class of hardware.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1963
Accession Number
ADP014612

Entities

People

  • H. J. Langlie

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Simulations
  • Digital Computers
  • Equations
  • Experimental Design
  • Gaussian Distributions
  • High Temperature
  • Intervals
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Normal Distribution
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Stress Tests
  • Test Methods
  • Thermal Batteries

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space