Design evaluation of a French refrigerator drawer system subjected to repeated food storage loads

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2224-2234

  Woo, Seong woo ^a   Ryu, Dongsu ^a   Pecht, Michael ^b  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated life testing; Load analysis; Parameter design; Robustness

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED LIFE TESTING; ACCELERATED LIFE TESTS; CORNER ROUNDING; CORRECTIVE ACTIONS; DESIGN EVALUATION; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DESIGN PHASE; FAILURE MODES AND MECHANISMS; FAILURE RATE; FIELD DATA; FORCE-BALANCE ANALYSIS; KEY CONTROL; LOAD ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL LOADS; PARAMETER DESIGN; RAIL SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DESIGN; FOOD STORAGE; LOAD TESTING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REFRIGERATORS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR; TESTING;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649595189     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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