Accelerated Testing and Validation

PrefaceWhat’s on the companion website?Chapter 1: The Time Value of InformationHistorical Business Models and the Information NeededWorking Group Structure (Entrepreneur)Modern Business Models and the Information NeededChapter 2: Precise But Useless DataAccurate But Not BeneficialPrecise TestChapter 3: What Not To KnowScenario One: A key physical property is wrongScenario Two: A primary failure mode of a productScenario Three: The Mean Time to Failure (MTTF)Chapter 4: Accelerated Testing CatelogTOOL NAME: Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)TOOL NAME: Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)TOOL NAME: Fully Censored TestingTOOL NAME: Step Stress TestingTOOL NAME: Accelerated ReliabilityTOOL NAME: Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT)TOOL NAME: Failure Mode Verification Test (FMVT)TOOL NAME: Computer ModelingChapter 5: Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis (DFMEA)Basic DFMEAHypothesis and the DFMEAChapter 6: Fully Censored TestingRepresentativeHomogeneousWhen to Use It?Chapter 7: Step Stress TestingLife Test Stresses and LevelsStepping MagnitudeBusiness StyleChapter 8: Trading Stress for TimeBasic PrinciplesDescription of Accelerated Reliability MethodSingle Variable ModelTwo-Variable ModelThree-Variable ModelChapter 9: Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT)A Typical HALTHot Temperature StepsCold Temperature StepsRamp RatesVibrationCombined RunBusiness StructuresChapter 10: Failure Mode Verification Testing (FMVT)Development FMVTMore About StressMore About FailuresMore About Setup and ExecutionMore on Data AnalysisComparison FMVTFMVT Life Prediction – Equivalent Wear and Cycle CountingFMVT WarrantyMore on VibrationReliability and Design MaturityBusiness ConsiderationsChapter 11: Computer and Math ModelingMath ModelsFinite Element Analysis (FEA)Boundary Conditions and AssumptionsBusiness ConsiderationsChapter 12: Hybrid TestingFully Coupled and Partially Coupled Hybrid TestsThe Field as a Test MethodChapter 13: Validation Synthesis ModelThe Primary QuestionTimingEfficiencyChapter 14: Downspout Generator ExampleDownspout Generator (DGS)Basic NumbersResearch (Day 0-30)Feasibility (Day 30-60)Development/Design (Day 60-150)Design Validation (Day 150-180)Production Validation (Day 180-210)Production (Day 210-1095)About the AuthorIndex