I am looking for a quick primer on reliability engineering. A case study requires a decision on the amount of testing done for a hypothetical product. Can anyone point me in the right direction to determine if the results of the test (time to failure and number of failures) are robust enough to call the test satisfactory? Thanks!!

A very thorough but quick primer is the CRE Primer designed for preparing to take the ASQ certified reliability engineer exam.

The primer is available from:
http://www.qualitycouncil.com/cre_p.asp


Steve Shores

I have read handbook of Reliability Engineering with a chapter on robust testing.
Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management
by W. Grant Ireson, Clyde F. Coombs, Richard Y. Moss

[URL=Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management ]Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management [/URL]

If you give me the data you´ve got I may try to provide you with some results. Meanwhile, why don´t you take a look to the excellent Reliability eTextbooks from Reliasoft?

http://www.weibull.com/lifedatawebcontents.htm#Appendix...rameter%20Estimation

As a student, I am sure that your funds are limited.

You can directly download several MIL HDBK (Military Handbooks) on the very subjects that you are looking for. I have set up two that will fit your need:

MIL HDBK 338B: Electronic Reliability Design Handbook

MIL HDBK 781A: Handbook for Reliability Test Methods, Plans, and Environments for Engineering, Development, Qualification and Production

Both are public domain.

You will also find the original Nowlan & Heap Reliability-Centered Maintenance book.

http://www.motordiagnostics.com/presentations.htm

Sincerely,
Howard

Cannot open the Mil Std for Procedure for FMECA, it says file is damaged etc.

Then it only partially downloaded. You probably timed-out.

Right click on the link, then select 'save target as' and download the document to your computer.

Howard

I have "saved target as" many times and successful for other files but this is a bad actor to me. It saved very quickly but when opened, the system said "there was an error in opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired"