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MOYENNE TEMPS APPARITION DEFAILLANCES [1 record]

Record 1 1996-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

A performance figure calculated by dividing the summation of times to failure for a sample of failed items by the number of failed items in the sample.

OBS

This is different from MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURE since no allowance is given to experience of items which have not failed.

OBS

mean time to failure: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
DEF

Estimateur obtenu en divisant la somme des temps jusqu'à défaillance, d'un échantillon d'articles défaillants, par le nombre des articles défaillants de l'échantillon.

OBS

Cette valeur est différente du MTBF du fait qu'on ne tient pas compte des articles non défaillants.

OBS

durée moyenne avant défaillance : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingeniería aeronáutica y mantenimiento
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