• DocumentCode
    1325336
  • Title

    Estimating the cumulative probability of failure data points to be plotted on Weibull and other probability paper

  • Author

    Fothergill, J.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng., Leicester Univ., UK
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    6/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    489
  • Lastpage
    492
  • Abstract
    Using both an exact technique and Monte Carlo simulations to estimate the cumulative probability of failure of the ith of n identically stressed samples, it is shown that the approximation F(i,n)=(i-0.3)/(n +0.4) is considerably more accurate than other commonly used approximations. The significance of this in the interpretation of electrical breakdown tests is demonstrated
  • Keywords
    Monte Carlo methods; electric breakdown; failure analysis; insulation testing; probability; Monte Carlo simulations; Weibull; cumulative probability; electrical breakdown tests; failure data points; identically stressed samples; probability paper; Data engineering; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Electric breakdown; Equations; Helium; Insulation testing; Maximum likelihood estimation; Parameter estimation; Random number generation; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9367
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/14.55721
  • Filename
    55721
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1325336