Accelerated Test Methods for Ground and Aerospace Vehicle Development
This course is verified by Probitas Authentication as meeting the AS9104/3A requirements for continuing Professional Development.
Engineers and managers involved with product development are constantly challenged to reduce time to market, minimize warranty costs, and increase product quality. With less and less time for testing, the need for effective accelerated test procedures has never been greater. This course covers the benefits, limitations, processes, and applications of several proven accelerated test methods including accelerated reliability, step stress, FSLT (full system life test), FMVT® (failure mode verification testing), HALT (highly accelerated life testing), and HASS (highly accelerated stress screening). A combination of hands-on exercises, team activities, discussion, and lecture are used throughout the course. Participants will also receive a copy of the instructor's eBook, Accelerated Testing and Validation Management.
Participants are requested to bring a calculator to the course.
What Will You Learn
- Choose the accelerated test method for a given application
- Analyze accelerated testing results
- Explain how to accelerate one's current test methods
- Explain how to accelerate one's validation program
- Adjust accelerated test programs for business situations
- Describe how product development cycles can be reduced from 18 to 6 months
Is This Course For You
This course is designed for anyone involved in product design, life testing, reliability testing and validation for passenger cars, light trucks, heavy duty, off-highway or aerospace vehicles, including reliability engineers, validation engineers, design engineers and their managers. Individuals who need to achieve shorter time to market or higher quality through custom test plans will find this course to be especially valuable. Purchasers or users of testing or engineering services will also find this course to be valuable. There are no prerequisites for this course although a technical background is helpful.