Thu, Jul 29, 2010

Design Assurance
    Reliability Engineering
  • MIL-STD-785B Reliability Program Plan
  • Failure Analysis
  • Spacecraft On-Orbit Anomalies Resolution (SOAR Database Analysis)
  • Spacecraft On-orbit Reliability prediction using historical spacecraft lifetimes
  • Launch Vehicle Reliability
    • New Design- RBD Method
    • Heritage Based
    • Binomial using historical launch success ratio
    • Mission Completion Success Probability Predictions
    • Confidence Level Indicators using heritage and test data of piece parts
  • MIL-HDBK-217 Predictions (using computer program RELCALC for Windows)
  • Reliability Assessment (Reliability Block Diagram - RBD Method)
  • Redundancy Calculations
  • Availability Requirements
    • Analytical Demonstration of Instantaneous and Steady State A0
  • Statistical Data - Weibull Analysis for Reliability Assessment
  • NASA HARP (Hybrid Automated Reliability Predictor) Computer Program for State Transition Machines
    • Repairable and Non-Repairable Systems
  • Spares Requirements Determination
  • Maintainability Analysis
  • R, MTBF, MTTR and MDT Calculations
  • Mechanical Reliability Prediction
    • Non-electronics Parts Data Sources: LC78-1, NONOP-1, NPRD
    Electrical Stress Analysis
  • Stress Ratio
    • Applied/Derated
  • Derated Stress - Derating Guidelines
    • MIL-STD-975 (NASA)
    • USAF AS-4613
    • NAVMAT P4855-1
    • Ford Aerospace Radiation Effects
  • Applied Stress Prediction
    • Operating points based on circuit analysis/performance
    • Analog and Digital ICs
    • Linear and Discrete Parts
    • Electronic spreadsheet format
    • Voltage, Current, Fan-in/Fan-out, Temperature derating
    Worst Case Analysis (WCA)
  • MIL-STD-785B, Task 206
  • Extreme Value Analysis (EVA)
  • RSS (Root-Sum-Squared)
  • Monte Carlo
  • Parts Parameter Variance Data Base (PPVDB)
    • Variance with Aging, Temperature and Radiation Effects
    • SPICE PARTS Modeling
    • EVA, typical nominal min/max
    • Worst case, Worst-On-Worst (WOW) ? 6 ? Min/Max
  • Circuit Analysis-Analog and Digital
  • Circuit Analysis-Analog and Digital
    • PSPICE PC
    • Interactive-Graphics (IGSPICE)
    • DC and Linear
    • Transient Analysis
      • AC and Non-linear
    • Nominal Circuit Performance
    • Worst Case Performance
    • Sensitivity Analysis
    • Ionizing Radiation Sources
    Radiation Effects
  • Total Ionizing Dose, Neutron Fluence
  • Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics (TREE)
  • Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP)
  • Single Event Upset (SEU)
    Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
  • Safety-Of-Life "Man-Rated" Circuits Two (2) Failure Tolerance
  • Mission Critical Functions
  • Box Connector Pin Level
  • Critical Component Level as required
  • Single Thread End-to-End Diagrams
  • Elimination of Single Point failures (SPF)
  • Critical Items Lists (CIL)
  • Testing Criteria, Failure Detection Methods, Compensating Provisions
  • MIL-STD-1629, NSTS 22206, MIL-STD-1543 compliant
  • Electronic Spreadsheet Method

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