RELIABILITY AND COMPLETE ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING

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Abstract:

The designer of a new and complex instrument for use in missiles is unable to predict the probable percentages of successful operation from tests because of the small number of models available. Analysis of the physical basis for high reliability suggests that confidence in an instrument can be obtained by a method of complete environmental testing that is formulated mathematically ck, Instrumentation, Satellites, Subminiature electron tubes, Test equipment. The designer of a new and complex instrument for use in missiles is unable to predict the probable percentages of successful operation from tests because of the small number of models available. Analysis of the physical basis for high reliability suggests that confidence in an instrument can be obtained by a method of complete environmental testing that is formulated mathematically herein. This method has been applied to the testing of a family of high quality amplifiers in an environmental c amber permitting continuous and simultaneous variation of temperature, atmospheric pressure, and vibration, with the result that the designers obtained greatly increased confidence in the survival capability of the instrument.

Author(s):
Chittenden, E. W.
Author Organization(s):
HARRY DIAMOND LABS ADELPHI MD
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/AD0260823
Pagination:
0061

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Approved For Public Release
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Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
DOFL-TR-936
Monitor Series:
HDL
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_4.5.4_Requirements Definition; JCA_4.5_Operational Contract Support; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance
Modernization Areas:
Space; Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, *INSTRUMENTATION, *INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS, *RELIABILITY, *TEST EQUIPMENT, ACCELERATION, GUIDED MISSILES, MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS, PRESSURE, SUBMINIATURE ELECTRON TUBES, TEMPERATURE, TEST METHODS, VIBRATION
Field(s)/Group(s):
Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Report Date:
1961 Jun 05