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Forum: Reliability & Maintainability Questions and Answers

Topic: Reliability & Maintainability Questions and Answers

Topic Posted by: Reliability & Maintainability Forum (src_forum@alionscience.com )
Organization: System Reliability Center
Date Posted: Mon Aug 31 12:47:36 US/Eastern 1998

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Posted by: Bhanuprakash (sabprak@indiatimes.com )
Organization:M&M
Date posted: Sat Aug 23 7:49:54 US/Eastern 2003
Subject: Distributions
Message:
I am working for a tractor industry. I would like to know as to what type of distribution field failure data of mechanical components follows. Is it correct to assume exponential distribution for mechanical failure components. Bhanuprakash

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Subject: Distribution for Mechanical components
Reply Posted by: Nihar (Niharworks@yahoo.com )
Organization: Axcelis
Date Posted: Mon Aug 25 19:52:36 US/Eastern 2003
Message:
Traditionally, the failure distribution of mechanical components follow lognormal distribution.

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