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Using Weibull++ 7 and
Monte Carlo Simulation for Probabilistic Design
Probabilistic design is a
methodology aimed at producing robust and reliable products. A common mistake
made by
design engineers is not considering variations in the factors that
affect the reliability or performance of their product and instead using
only
the nominal or mean values of these factors. By understanding the
probability distributions of the design parameters, environmental usage
profile and manufacturing variations, the design engineer can design for a
specific reliability or quality level by producing designs that are robust
to variations.
To
read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue56/hottopics56.htm
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| Reliability Basics |
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Overview
of the Gumbel, Logistic, Loglogistic and Gamma Distributions
The new version of
Weibull++, version 7,
introduces four more life distributions in addition to the Weibull-Bayesian
distribution discussed in the previous
issue of
HotWire. These are the Gumbel, logistic, loglogistic and Gamma distributions. In this article, we present an overview of the new distributions
and discuss some of their characteristics and applications.
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue56/relbasics56.htm
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| Tool Tips |
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What is new about Weibull++ 7's MDI
and how can it be used to add and manage project items?
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How can Weibull++ 7 be used to
perform failure and repair analysis based on event logs?
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Where can Weibull++ 7 examples and
case studies be found?
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue56/tooltips56.htm
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| Latest Software
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Weibull++ 7 (7.0.2) has
officially been released. In addition, new service releases are now available for
Lambda Predict (SR
1.0.2) and RENO (1.0.3). To determine the compile revision of the application on your computer,
select About from the Help menu.
More Software Downloads...
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Hot News |
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Weibull++ Version 7 Released
- Today's most advanced version of Weibull++, ReliaSoft's premiere
reliability and life data analysis package, has now been officially
released! This version has all of the features and usability you
have come to expect from ReliaSoft products along with a host of great
new features, including an enhanced interface that allows you to
manage multiple analysis folios and related information all together
in a single file, new Reliability Block Diagram (RBD) features,
enhanced warranty analysis capabilities, support for Bayesian
statistics, additional lifetime distributions, risk analysis and
probabilistic design capabilities, an enhanced spreadsheet-based
customized report utility and a whole lot more! For additional
details on the updated version of Weibull++ 7, see
http://www.reliasoft.com/Weibull/version7.htm.
Free evaluations
are available at:
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International Applied Reliability Symposium, Orlando 2006 -
Please mark your calendars and begin thinking about attending the 2006
International Applied Reliability Symposium next June in Orlando, FL.
General information is available at
http://www.arsymposium.org.
The symposium has been booked for the Sheraton World Resort, which is
walking distance from Sea World and 5 minutes away from Walt Disney
World and Universal Studios. Registrations are currently being
accepted at
http://www.arsymposium.org/register.htm.
Presentations are still being
received; however, the deadline for presentation proposal submissions
is October 31, 2005. Presentations will be accepted on the basis of
the proposal. Because of the applied nature of the Symposium,
presenters are asked to submit materials in presentation format only (i.e.
PowerPoint - see Template at
http://www.arsymposium.org/present.htm). An accompanying paper is
not required. 60 minutes have been allocated for each presentation
with 10 minutes of questions for a total of 1 hour and 10 minutes per
session. Presenters receive complimentary registration for the event.
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2006 Training Schedule Posted
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ReliaSoft has
officially posted next year's training schedule for those of you who
need to begin planning your continuing education. Classes range from
foundational
training on up to some very challenging yet fun advanced course
work. Next year's handy training matrix is posted at
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2006 Asia Pacific ARS Call for Presentations
- The 2006 Asia Pacific Applied Reliability Symposium will be
held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on September 13-14, 2006.
Presentation proposals are being accepted for the theme: "Sharing
applications, success stories and lessons learned in reliability and
maintainability engineering." The deadline for proposal submissions
is January 27, 2006. More information can be found on the ARS Asia
Pacific Web site at
http://www.arsymposium.com/asia/index.htm. You can also e-mail
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International
Mobility Engineering Exposition 2005 - SAE India will be
organizing the International Mobility Engineering - Congress and
Exposition in Chennai, India on October 23-25, 2005.
SAE India is the Engineering Society for Advanced Mobility for Land,
Sea, Air and Space, and a member of FISITA, which is a confederation
of automotive engineering societies from over 30 countries having
the reach of the entire automotive fraternity across the globe.
Pantelis Vassiliou, CEO and President of ReliaSoft, will be the
Keynote Speaker under the topic of "Testing" on October 25th.
ReliaSoft India (http://www.reliasoftindia.com)will
have a booth during all the three days of the exposition and is also
planning to offer technical presentations on our products during
this time. For more information, please visit
http://www.saeindia.org.
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