Accelerated Testing (116/117)

• Accelerated Tests Are Nothing New
• Step Stress Tests
• HALT: Highly Accelerated Life Test
• HASS / ESS
• Monitored Ambient Random Vibration Profile
• Margins
• Reducing Test Time
• Assumptions: The Horsepower Behind Accelerated Testing
• What Does an Accelerated Test Accelerate?
• Can Accelerated Testing Do What is Expected?
• Which Environmental Forcing Functions Are Best?
• What Does Vibration Testing Do?
• Hidden Vibration Test Assumptions
• Linear vs. Nonlinear Product Response
• What to Expect From an Accelerated Test Prediction
• Coffin-Manson Inverse Power Law
  • Coffin-Manson Model Cautions
• Critical Aspects of Accelerated Test Models
• The Basic Principles of Test Time Compression
• Unrealistic Failure Modes and Mechanisms
• Synergistic Failure Exaggeration
• Number of Service Use Cycles and Test Cycles
• How to Avoid Accelerated Testing Traps and Pitfalls

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