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RANDOM HARDWARE FAILURE [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

Failures, occurring at random times, which result from a variety of degradation mechanisms in the hardware.

OBS

There are many degradation mechanisms occurring at different rates in different components and since manufacturing tolerances cause components to fail due to these mechanisms after different times in operation, failures of a total equipment comprising many components occur at predictable rates but at impredictable (i.e. random) times.

OBS

Draft International Standard 1508, IEC-TC 65, Functional Safety, 1995.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
OBS

Projet de norme internationale 1508, CEI-TC65, Sûreté fonctionnelle, 1995.

Spanish

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