Failure analysis and redesign of the evaporator tubing in a Kimchi refrigerator

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 369-379

  Woo, Seong woo ^a   O'Neal, Dennis L ^b   Pecht, Michael ^c  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated life testing; Fitting corrosion; Parameter design; Robustness

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED LIFE TESTING; ACCELERATED LIFE TESTS; ADHESIVE TAPES; ALUMINUM TUBES; CHEMICAL LOAD; CHEMICAL REACTION FORMULA; CORROSION PARAMETERS; FAILURE MODES AND MECHANISMS; FAILURE RATE; NEW DESIGN; NOISE PARAMETERS; PITTING CORROSION; ROOT CAUSE; PARAMETER DESIGNS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHLORINE; COTTON; EVAPORATORS; PITTING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REFRIGERATORS; SAFETY FACTOR; TESTING; TUBING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORROSION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 72949092089     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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