TY - JOUR
T1 - A literature review on planning and analysis of accelerated testing for reliability assessment
AU - Limon, Shah
AU - Yadav, Om Prakash
AU - Liao, Haitao
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is partially supported by grant FAR0023610 by Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment (Bobcat) and Research ND grant FAR0023608 by North Dakota Department of Commerce through North Dakota State University.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Accelerated testing has been widely used for several decades. Started with accelerated life tests with constant-stress loadings, more interest has been focused prominently on accelerated degradation tests and time-varying stress loadings. Because accelerated testing is crucial to the assessment of product reliability and the design of warranty policy, it is important to develop an efficacious test plan that encompasses and addresses important issues, such as design of stress profiles, sample allocation, test duration, measurement frequency, and budget constraint. In recent years, extensive research has been conducted on the optimal design of accelerated testing plans, and the consideration of multiple stresses with interactions has become a big challenge in such experimental designs. The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive review of important methods for statistical inference and optimal design of accelerated testing plans by compiling the existing body of knowledge in the area of accelerated testing. In this work, different types of test planning strategies are categorized, and their drawbacks and the research trends are provided to assist researchers and practitioners in conducting new research in this area.
AB - Accelerated testing has been widely used for several decades. Started with accelerated life tests with constant-stress loadings, more interest has been focused prominently on accelerated degradation tests and time-varying stress loadings. Because accelerated testing is crucial to the assessment of product reliability and the design of warranty policy, it is important to develop an efficacious test plan that encompasses and addresses important issues, such as design of stress profiles, sample allocation, test duration, measurement frequency, and budget constraint. In recent years, extensive research has been conducted on the optimal design of accelerated testing plans, and the consideration of multiple stresses with interactions has become a big challenge in such experimental designs. The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive review of important methods for statistical inference and optimal design of accelerated testing plans by compiling the existing body of knowledge in the area of accelerated testing. In this work, different types of test planning strategies are categorized, and their drawbacks and the research trends are provided to assist researchers and practitioners in conducting new research in this area.
KW - accelerated degradation test
KW - accelerated life test
KW - acceleration factors
KW - asymptotic variance
KW - destructive testing
KW - lifetime distribution
KW - stochastic process
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U2 - 10.1002/qre.2195
DO - 10.1002/qre.2195
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85035130665
SN - 0748-8017
VL - 33
SP - 2361
EP - 2383
JO - Quality and Reliability Engineering International
JF - Quality and Reliability Engineering International
IS - 8
ER -