Targeted testing methods for reliability validation of components and systems

International Journal of Reliability and Safety

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-45

  Soundappan, Prabhu ^a,b   Nikolaidis, Efstratios ^a   Dheenadayalan, Balaji ^a  

^a Toledo   (United States)

^b General Aluminium Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical models; Reliability validation; Test parameters

Indexed keywords

RELIABILITY; TESTING;

ANALYTICAL TESTS; DETAILED MODELS; FAILURE PROBABILITY; PHYSICAL TESTS; RELIABILITY BASED DESIGN; TEST PARAMETERS; TESTING METHOD;

ANALYTICAL MODELS;

EID: 78651585605     PISSN: 1479389X     EISSN: 14793903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRS.2010.029563     Document Type: Article

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