US Army Materiel Command AMCP 706-197 — AMCP 706-197 Reliability Prediction Handbook — US Army Engineering Design Guide PDF

Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com - 706-lU TABLE OF CONTENTS -wps pop CHAFFER 10. RELIABILrI'Y PREDICTION (GENERAL) 10-0 litof Symbols .. .......... 10-1 10-1 Introduction .... ......... 10-1 10-2 Nondecisiou Redundancy .......... 10-2 10-2.1 M'ooreaSmnn Redundancy . ..... 10-2 10-2.2 Single Mode SeriesParallel Redundancy ...... 10.5 10-2.3 Single Mode Binomial Redundancy (k-Out-of-n).......10.5 10-2.4 Bimodal SeriewPrallel Redundancy..............10-5 10-2.5 Summary Table......................... 10.7 10.3 Decision-Without-Switching Redundancy............ 10.7 10.3.1 Majority Logic Redundancy.................. 10.7 10-3.2 Multiple Live Redundancy...................

10-11 10.3.3 Gate-Connector Redundancy. .. .. .. .. .. ... .10.12 10-34 Coding Redundancy. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .10.14 10-4 Decision-With-Switching Redundancy. .. .. .. .. .. .10.15 10.4.1 Standby Redundancy .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .1015 10.4.2 Operating Redundancy. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .1016 10-4.3 Duplex Redundancy. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... ... .10.19 CHAPTER 11. MONTE CARLO SIMULATION 11-0 List of Symbols.......................... 11-1 11-1 Introduction............................ 11-1 11-2 Properties of Distributions .................. 11-1 11-3 The Simulation Method...................... 11-2 11-4 h' i sures of Uncertainty..................... 11-2 11-5 P oplieptions .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. ... ... . .... 11-3 CHAPTER 12. RELIABILITY OPTIMIZATION 12-0 List of Symbols .. .. .. .. .. .. ... ... .. .... 12-1 12-1 Introduction .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... ... .. .... 12-1 12-2 Numerical Methods for Finding Unconstrained Minima. .. .. .. .. .. . .. ... ... 12-2 12-2.1 Gradient Methods. .. .. .. .. .. ... ... .. .. 12-2 12-2.1.1 Steepest Descent. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. ... ... 12-2 12-2.1.2 Cubic and Quadratic Interpolation .. .. .. .. .. ... 12.2 12-2.1.3 Numerical Difficulties .. .. .. .. .. ... ... ... 12.4 12-2.2 Second-Order Gradient Methods.. .. .. . . . . .. . .12-4 12-2.2.1 Conjugate Directions. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .... 12-5 12-2.2.2 The Fletcher-Powell Method .. . ..

... ... ... 12-5 12-3 Constrained Optimization Problems. .. .. .. .. .. ... 12-6 12-3.1 Nonlinear Constraints. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. . ... 1246 12-3.2 Convexity... ................ 12-9 12-3.3 Mixed Problems. ..... . . . .. 12-11 12-3.4 The Kuhn-Tucker Conditions . ~. . . .12-11 12-3.5 Methods of Feasible Directions..... .. 12-15 12-3.5.1 Zoutendijk's Procedure . . . . . .. 12-15 II