Chain reliability: a simple failure model for complex mechanisms.

W. J. Howard

ResearchPublished 1953

A discussion of a simple example of a chain supporting a weight to determine how the reliability of a complex mechanism depends on the reliability of its components. The chain, consisting of several links, represents a complex mechanism composed of similar components, and the weight is analogous to a type of environmental stress which the mechanism must withstand without failure

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Year: 1953
  • Pages: 35
  • Document Number: RM-1058

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Howard, W. J., Chain reliability: a simple failure model for complex mechanisms. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1953. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM1058.html.
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