RAMS Tutorial Final 2009 A

Copyright © 2009 IEEE. Reprinted from "2009 PROCEEDINGSAnnual RELIABILITY and MAINTAINABILITY Symposium,Fort Worth, Texas, USA, January 26-29, 2009.This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Suchpermission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEEendorsement of any of ReliaSoft Corporation's products orservices. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted.However, permission to reprint/republish this material foradvertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collectiveworks for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEEby writing to pubs-permissions@ieee.org.By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions ofthe copyright laws protecting it.Reliability from Design Inception to Product RetirementByDuane L Dietrich PhDDirector of Consulting Services, ReliaSoftProfessor Emeritus, University of ArizonaScope of PresentationIn this presentation, an outline of a cohesive structure for reliability throughout a product’s life cycle is presented including the appropriate location and use of:1. The Over Stress Tests,2. Design Reviews, 3. FMEAs,4. Reliability System Analysis, 2009 RAMS – Paper/Tutorial 04A - Duane Dietrich PhD2Scope (Cont.)5. Accelerated Life Tests, 6. Real Time Life Tests, 7. Reliability Growth Tests, Burn-In8. Field failures 9. Engineering change orders2009 RAMS – Paper/Tutorial 04A - Duane Dietrich PhD3Corrective Action Cost as a Function of Design ...