Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com AMCP 706.198 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND 5001 Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria, VA 22333 AMC PAMPHLET 7 y 1976 NO. 706-198 DEVELOPMENT GUIDE FOR RELIABILITY PART FOUR RELIABILITY MEASUREMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS Paragraph Page LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ........... vii LIST OF TABLES .................... ix PREFACE .......................... xii CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION I - 1 General ............................ 1-I 1-2 Reliability Test Program ............... 1-2 1.3 Integrated Data System ................ 1-3 References .........................
1-3 CHAPTER 2, STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF RELIABILITY TESTS, DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT List of Symbols ...................... 2-1 2-1 Introduction ....................... 2-3 2-2 Graphical Estimation of Parameters of a Distribution ....................... 2--5 2-2.1 Plotting Positions (Cumulative Distribution Function) ........................ 2-5 2-2. 1.1 Practical Plotting (K-S Bounds) ......... 2-6 2-2.1.2 Plotting (Beta Bounds) ............... 2-7 2-2.2 Plotting Positions (Cumulative Hazard) ... 2-7 2-2.3 s-Normal Distribution ................ 2-11 2-2.4 Weibull Distribution .................. 2-18 2-2.5 Lognormal Distribution ............... 2-27 2-2.6 Summary ..........................
2-36 2-3 Analytic Estimation of Parameters of a Distribution ........................ 2-49 2-3.1 Binomial .......................... 2-49 2--3.2 Poisson ........................... 2-50 . j ,'.,