DocumentCode
1316406
Title
Is MIL-STD-781B A Good Reliability Test Specification?
Author
Stovall, Frank A.
Author_Institution
Lockheed-Georgia Co.//Dept. 72-46, Zone 80//Marietta, Georgia 30063 USA
Issue
3
fYear
1975
Firstpage
166
Lastpage
168
Abstract
This paper describes some of the advantages, shortcomings, and recommended changes to MIL-STD-781B, which is a military specification for reliability test plans. Particular emphasis is given to laboratory discrepancies that are excluded from consideration as relevant failures. The principal reason that MIL-STD-781B test results do not reasonably foretell the minimum MTBF that can be expected in the field is that the field definition of failure is not compatible with the laboratory definition.
Keywords
Delay; Frequency; Laboratories; Life estimation; Life testing; Procurement; Production; Reliability engineering; Subcontracting; System testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TR.1975.5215140
Filename
5215140
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