About the Author |
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Preface |
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Correct terms and definitions |
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2 Analysis of the current status of accelerated testing |
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2.1.1 International standard in accelerated testing |
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2.1.2 Recalls as source material for providing official information about product defects |
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2.2 Basic general directions of accelerated testing development |
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2.2.1 The first general direction (field/flight accelerated testing) |
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2.2.2 The second general direction (accelerated testing based on computer/software simulation) |
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2.2.3 The third general direction (laboratory and proving ground testing with physical simulation of field conditions) |
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2.2.4 The fourth general direction (accelerated reliability/durability testing) |
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46 | (5) |
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2.3 Classifications of accelerated testing |
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2.3.1 Qualitative testing |
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51 | (1) |
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2.3.2 ESS (Environmental Stress Screening) and burn-in |
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52 | (1) |
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2.3.3 Quantitative accelerated life testing |
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2.4 Fatigue accelerated testing |
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2.4.1 Common consideration |
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61 | (3) |
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64 | (1) |
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2.4.3 Staircase Loreti method |
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2.4.4 Methods of analysis by numerical simulation |
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2.4.5 The numerical simulation of the Staircase |
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2.4.6 The numerical simulation of the Locati |
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2.4.7 The numerical simulation of the Staircase Locati |
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2.4.8 Fatigue testing for aircraft and satellites |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (4) |
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73 | (12) |
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Risks of Airbag Deployment versus Risk of Injury or Death |
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Disadvantages of Having Passenger Car Airbags |
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74 | (7) |
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81 | (3) |
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84 | (1) |
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3 Developments in studying real world conditions for accurate simulation and successful accelerated testing |
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3.2 Multi-environmental factors |
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87 | (2) |
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3.3 Environmental factors and machinery |
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3.4 Determining climate characteristics as external conditions for machinery use |
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3.4.1 Establishing a classification system with characteristics for world climate as an engineering tool |
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3.5 Characteristics of the radiation regime |
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3.6 Characteristics of the air thermal regime |
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3.7 Daily variations of air temperature |
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3.8 Air humidity and rain |
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3.9 Characteristics of wind speed |
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3.10 Atmospheric phenomena |
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3.12 The influence of climatic factors and atmospheric phenomena on the materials and on the system |
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3.12.1 Influence of solar radiation |
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3.12.2 Influence of high temperatures |
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3.13 The influence of daily and yearly fluctuations of air temperatures and of rapid changes of climatic factors |
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3.14 Influence of water (moisture), air humidity, fog, and dew |
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3.15 The characteristics of combined influences of basic climatic (environmental) factors |
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3.16 How reliable are climatic models for use in accelerated testing? |
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113 | (8) |
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4 Basic negative and positive trends in the development of accelerated testing |
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4.2 Negative trends in the development of accelerated testing |
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4.2.1 Basic negative trends in the development of accelerated testing |
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4.2.2 Common negative trends in accelerated testing development related to automotive and aerospace engineering |
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130 | (5) |
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4.2.3 Specific tactical negative trends in accelerated testing development |
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135 | (8) |
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4.2.4 Trends in using virtual (computer) simulation and testing as a replacement for field/flight conditions |
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143 | (4) |
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4.2.5 Erroneous use of the exponential law of distribution in accelerated testing |
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147 | (4) |
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4.3 Positive trends in the development of accelerated testing |
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4.3.1 Common positive trends in accelerated testing development |
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151 | (4) |
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4.3.2 Specific positive trends in accelerated testing that relate to any specific type of testing in automotive and aerospace engineering |
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155 | (13) |
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168 | (2) |
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170 | (3) |
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5 The role of accurate simulation in the development of accelerated testing in automotive and aerospace engineering, and its connection with the engineering culture |
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5.2 The role of accurate engineering simulation in the development of automotive and aircraft systems |
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174 | (5) |
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Integrated unmanned systems roadmap in 2007 |
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Implication for UAS designers and suppliers |
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The role of engineering simulation |
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5.3 Establishing the concepts and statistical criteria for providing the physical simulation of the input influences on a product for accelerated testing |
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179 | (3) |
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5.4 Determining the number and types of test parameters for analysis during accelerated reliability and durability testing |
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182 | (1) |
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5.5 Improvement in the accelerated testing engineering culture |
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5.5.1 An organization's aspects of culture as a component for improving the engineering culture |
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195 | (1) |
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6 Implementation of basic positive trends in the development of accelerated testing |
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6.2 Some aspects of implementation of accelerated reliability and durability testing, including citations from other authors' publications |
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6.2.1 Areas of ART/ADT implementation presented by other authors |
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201 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Examples with some citations from publications other than those published in the book Reliability Prediction and Testing Textbook |
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6.3 Some citations from published reviews to this author's previous books related to the implementation of the basic positive trends in the development of accelerated testing |
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6.4 Some strategic aspects of the implementation of the positive trends in accelerated testing for successful prediction of a product's efficiency |
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6.5 Some of the author's patents in accelerated testing improvement that were actually implemented |
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216 | (3) |
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6.6 Implementation of the new concepts of accelerated testing improvement |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (1) |
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7 Trends in the development of equipment for accelerated testing |
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7.2 General trends in development testing equipment |
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7.2.1 Global general trend test equipment market |
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7.3 Trends in the testing and measurement industry |
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7.3.1 Transformational shifts ahead. 1.94K |
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7.3.2 Testing is more just new equipment |
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7.3.3 WiseGuy reports forecast "electronic test and measurement market" |
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268 | (1) |
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7.3.4 Overview of the automotive test equipment market |
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7.3.5 Industry/innovation/related news |
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7.3.6 Automotive test equipment market -- segmentation |
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7.3.7 Automotive test equipment market -- regional analysis |
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7.3.8 A historical perspective of EMC & field strength test solution |
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7.3.9 Market size and forecast |
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7.4 Equipment for aerospace simulation |
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7.4.1 Aerospace/altitude/space simulation |
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7.4.4 Aerospace materials testing |
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279 | (1) |
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7.4.5 Fatigue testing capabilities |
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280 | (1) |
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7.4.6 Abrasion & wear testing |
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280 | (2) |
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7.4.7 Electrostatic discharge testing |
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282 | (1) |
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7.5 Combined testing equipment |
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7.5.1 Aerospace testing equipment |
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283 | (1) |
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7.5.2 Environmental testing and test facilities |
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284 | (1) |
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7.5.3 ETS mechanical data handling facilities |
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285 | (1) |
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7.5.4 ETS's maintenance, management and test facility services |
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7.5.5 Chambers, enclosures, and test cell product gallery: EMC chambers |
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287 | (1) |
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7.5.6 Statistical mode averaging reverberation chambers (SMART) |
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287 | (1) |
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7.5.7 Environmental combined testing equipment for military vehicles |
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288 | (4) |
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7.5.8 Refrigeration systems |
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292 | (1) |
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7.5.9 Other automotive test equipment |
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7.6 Combined testing for vehicle components |
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294 | (4) |
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7.6.1 Wheel & hub test systems |
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7.6.2 Transmission & driveline test systems |
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295 | (1) |
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7.6.3 AV-series agree vibration chambers, temperature/humidity/vibration chambers |
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296 | (2) |
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7.7 Equipment for accelerated reliability and durability testing |
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8 How to use the positive trends in the development of accelerated testing and avoid the negative aspects and misconceptions prevalent in the industry |
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8.2 Analysis of the current situation in accelerated testing |
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310 | (2) |
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8.3 Adopting the positive trends in accelerated reliability and durability testing technology |
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8.3.1 Step 1: Collection of the initial information from the field |
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8.3.2 Step 2: Analysis of the field/flight initial information as a random process |
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8.3.3 Step 3: Establishing concepts for the physical simulation of the input influences on the product |
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8.3.4 Step 4: The development and use of test equipment, which simulates the field/flight input influences on the actual product in the laboratory for ART/ADT |
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8.3.5 Step 5: Determining the number and types of test parameters for analysis during accelerated reliability/durability testing |
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8.3.6 Step 6: Selecting a representative input region for accelerated reliability testing |
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8.3.7 Step 7: Preparation procedures for the actual accelerated reliability/durability testing |
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8.3.8 Step 8: Use statistical criteria for comparing accelerated reliability/durability testing results with field/flight results |
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8.3.9 Step 9: Collection, calculation, and statistical analysis of the accelerated reliability/durability testing data |
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8.3.10 Step 10: Prediction of the dynamics of the test subject's reliability, durability, and maintainability during its service life |
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8.3.11 Step 11: Using accelerated reliability/durability testing results for rapid and cost-effective test subject development and improvement |
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Index |
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