Analysis of failures of thermionic converters.
Thermionic converters failure, discussing life tests, mechanical defects and design and processing deficiencies
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Thermionic converters failure, discussing life tests, mechanical defects and design and processing deficiencies
In-pile life tests of cylindrical thermionic converter rods for Mark 6
Chemical and physical properties of Co-Si-Ge system and PbTe-MnTe system, and life testing of thermocouples
Four parameter generalization of Weibull distribution for more versatile life testing model
Cylindrical geometry in-pile and out-of-pile thermionic converters long term life tests, including unfueled and fueled versions
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Table yields best linear invariant /BLI/ estimates for log of reliable life under censored life tests, permitting reliability estimations in failure analysis of items with multiple flaws. These BLI estimates have uniformly smaller expected loss than Gauss-Markov best linear unbiased estimates.
Accelerated life test models, criteria for model selection, and extrapolation in overstress models
Performance and life tests of nonfueled and UO2-fueled cylindrical thermionic converter