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DEFAILLANCE DEGRADATION [2 records]

Record 1 1998-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

Failure whose probability of occurrence increases with time and which occurs as a result of processes which are characteristic of the population.

OBS

wear-out failure: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
DEF

Défaillance dont la probabilité d'apparition augmente avec le temps et qui survient à la suite de processus caractéristiques du type de dispositif.

OBS

défaillance par dégradation : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • panne prévisible

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability

French

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

Défaillance qui est à la fois progressive et partielle.

Spanish

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