DocumentCode
1352681
Title
Mean Time to Achieve a Failure-Free Requirement
Author
Angus, John E. ; Schafer, Ray E.
Author_Institution
Hughes Aircraft Co.; Bldg. 606 M/S K214; POBox 3310; Fullerton, California 92634 USA.
Issue
2
fYear
1985
fDate
6/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
179
Lastpage
183
Abstract
A common reliability test procedure is to test until a given, consecutive, failure-free time has passed. This paper gives expressions for the mean time to test completion, for both elapsed and operating time, for general probability distributions. The situations in which the test is monitored periodically and the repair time is not zero are considered. The standard deviation of completion time is also discussed. The special case in which the time-to-failure distribution is exponential is treated in some detail.
Keywords
Aircraft; Condition monitoring; Failure analysis; Indium tin oxide; Probability distribution; Random variables; Reactive power; Reliability engineering; Statistical analysis; System testing; Failure free test; Mean test time; Renewal process; Test with periodic monitoring;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TR.1985.5221988
Filename
5221988
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