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Issue 105,
November 2009 |
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Hot Topics |
Operational Mission Profile Testing in RGA 7
During a development program, it is common practice for systems to be subjected
to operational testing in order to evaluate the performance of the system under
conditions that represent actual use. It is also common for reliability fixes to
be implemented in conjunction with this testing and to perform reliability
growth analysis on the data obtained. However, when the system must be tested for
a variety of different mission profiles, it can be a challenge to make sure that
the testing is applied in a balanced manner that will yield data suitable for
reliability growth analysis. In this article, we show how reliability teams
can use RGA 7's new Mission Profile Folios to incorporate operational
mission profiles as part of their planning.
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue105/hottopics105.htm
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Reliability Basics |
Residual Plots in Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis
In linear regression, it is assumed that the residuals are normally distributed with
mean of 0 and have a constant standard deviation. In DOE++, ReliaSoft’s Design of
Experiments (DOE) software, different residual plots are available for validating these
assumptions. In accelerated life data analysis, residual plots also play an
important role in identifying the right life-stress relationship and the right
lifetime distribution. In addition to validating a model, residual plots also can
help users to identify outliers. In this article, we discuss several residual plots in
ALTA, ReliaSoft’s accelerated life data analysis software package.
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue105/relbasics105.htm
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Tool Tips |
- Is there a quick way to edit the properties defined in Blocks, Policy
Resources and Templates in a BlockSim project?
- What is the difference between cumulative and non-cumulative data input in
RGA 7?
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue105/tooltips105.htm
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Latest Software Updates |
A new service release is now available for
RGA (SR 7.0.2).
To determine the compile revision of the application on
your computer, select About from the Help
menu.
More Software Downloads...
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Date Created |
Version |
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RGA |
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RGA 7 |
11/02/09
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7.0.2 |
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Hot News |
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Call for
Presentations! - This is your chance to inspire others in your
field by delivering a compelling presentation at the
2010 International
Applied Reliability Symposium, North America. This
event will be held from June 15 - 18, 2010 in Reno, Nevada.
You have until December 4, 2009 to submit your proposal
to the ARS committee. If your presentation is selected, you will
receive a complimentary registration to the event and an
ARS logo shirt. You'll also have a chance to win one of
the Excellent Presentation Awards! Complete
details, including the required proposal form, are
available for your review at
http://www.ARSymposium.org/present.htm.
Hurry—there's only a little time left; don't wait until
the last minute! |
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Year-end
Seminars - As
the end of the year approaches, you still have an opportunity to take advantage
of top-notch training available from ReliaSoft. Whether you're located
in India, Turkey, France or the United States,
you are sure to find a course that can help to propel you
and your company forward during 2010. Available course
selections include:
- MSMT Reliability Foundations Series (France)
- Standards Based Reliability Prediction (Turkey and USA)
- Reliability and Maintainability Analysis for Repairable Systems (India)
- FRACAS Principles and Applications (USA)
- Application of Reliability Growth Models in Developmental Testing and
Fielded Systems (USA)
- Advanced Accelerated Life Testing Analysis (USA)
To learn more about these course offerings, click on the
appropriate links provided below, or visit our complete Event Calendar at
http://Seminars.ReliaSoft.com/dates.htm
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Upcoming
Public Training Event Calendar |
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November 2009 |
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November 16 - 20, 2009:
MSMT Foundations
in
Bordeaux, France |
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November 17 - 18, 2009:
RS 475 FRACAS Principles and
Applications
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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November 19 - 20, 2009:
RS 490 Standards Based
Reliability Prediction
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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December 2009 |
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December 2 - 4, 2009:
RS 511 Application of
Reliability Growth Models in
Developmental Testing and
Fielded Systems
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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December 2 - 4, 2009:
RS 521 Advanced Accelerated Life
Testing Analysis
in
Tucson, Arizona |
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December 8 - 9, 2009:
RS 490 Standards Based
Reliability Prediction
in
Ankara, Turkey |
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December 14 - 18, 2009:
RS 540 Reliability and
Maintainability Analysis for
Repairable Systems
in
Chennai, India |
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January
2010 |
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January 6 - 8, 2010:
RS 588 DOE: Experiment Design and
Analysis
in
Hyderabad, India |
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