NASA NTRS · 19930000305
Evaluating Risk Of Failure With Limited Information
Abstract
Report describes probabilistic failure assessment (PFA). Developed for application to spaceflight systems for sufficient testing of hardware to ensure reliability not feasible. However, must be ascertained that critical failure modes extremely unlikely to occur during service. PFA applied to any failure mode described by quantitative models of physics and mechanics of failure phenomena, such as fatigue crack in initiation or propagation in structures, leakage of seals, wear in bearings, and erosion of arcjet thrustor cathodes.
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Moore, N. R., Ebbeler, D. H., Creager, M., Newlin, L. E., Sutharshana, S.. 1993-05-01. Evaluating Risk Of Failure With Limited Information. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19930000305
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