An Assessment of the Estimation of weibull Shape Parameter by Sudden-Death Testing

890809

02/01/1989

Event
SAE International Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
In reliability life testing, when a limited number of test fixtures is available or there are a large number of inexpensive units to be tested, the sudden-death testing technique is a useful tool for collecting and analyzing the test data. In this paper, Monte Carlo simulations are conducted to evaluate the use of sudden-death testing in estimating the Weibull shape parameter. The results of the simulation are tabulated and discussed. Two types of light bulbs are tested using the sudden-death technique and estimates of the Weibull shape parameter are compared.
Meta TagsDetails
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/890809
Pages
8
Citation
Lin, T., and Vannoy, H., "An Assessment of the Estimation of weibull Shape Parameter by Sudden-Death Testing," SAE Technical Paper 890809, 1989, https://doi.org/10.4271/890809.
Additional Details
Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1989
Product Code
890809
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English