Nonelectronic Parts Reliability Philosophy |
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Authors: | Fulton D W |
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Institution: | Rome Air Development Center Griffiss AFB, New York; |
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Abstract: | Prepared specifically for those engineers having responsibility for the design, evaluation, or application of mechanical or electromechanical parts and components, the state-of-the-art in nonelectronic component reliability is examined from the viewpoint of history, ancient and modern. A technique is presented to measure the relative overall effect of failure of nonelectronic components in so-called electronic systems. Failure data from the 413L system are analyzed to reveal significant failure modes and mechanisms which are of value in designing for, or assessing the reliability of, a specific component. An overall ?Figure of Hazard? for failure mechanisms is presented. |
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