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Issue 56, October 2005 |
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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
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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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