On the Shape of Failure Rate Curve and Influencing Factors  
Author Liyang Xie

 
Co-Author(s) Bo Qin

 
Abstract System failure rate curves present on different shapes determined by system configuration, the underlying failure mechanism and stress-strength relationship of the components. Through multi-dimensional stress – degrading strength interference analysis technique, many kinds of possible failure rate curves are produced for series system, parallel system, and k-out-of-n redundant system. Furthermore, the effects of stress, strength, and failure mechanism on failure rate curve shape are discussed.

 
Keywords Failure rate, system, stress distribution, strength distribution, failure mechanism
   
    Article #:  23-244
 
Proceedings of the 23rd ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design
August 3-5, 2017 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.