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- Title
Using degradation data to assess reliability: a case study on train wheel degradation.
- Authors
Freitas, Marta A.; De Toledo, Maria Lúiza G.; Colosimo, Enrico A.; Pires, Magda C.
- Abstract
Degradation experiments are usually used to assess the lifetime distribution of highly reliable products, which are not likely to fail under the traditional life tests or accelerated life tests. In such cases, if there exist product characteristics whose degradation over time can be related to reliability, then collecting ‘degradation data’ can provide information about product reliability. In general, the degradation data are modeled by a nonlinear regression model with random coefficients. If we can obtain the estimates of parameters under the model, then the failure-time distribution can be estimated. In order to estimate those parameters, three basic methods are available, namely, the analytical, numerical and the approximate. They are chosen according to the complexity of the degradation path model used in the analysis. In this paper, the numerical and the approximate methods are compared in a simulation study, assuming a simple linear degradation path model. A comparison with traditional failure-time analysis is also performed. The mean-squared error of the estimated 100pth percentile of the lifetime distribution is evaluated for each one of the approaches. The approaches are applied to a real degradation data set. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
DEREGULATION; RAILROAD maintenance &; repair; RAILROAD accidents; DATABASES; RAILROAD car wheels
- Publication
Quality & Reliability Engineering International, 2009, Vol 25, Issue 5, p607
- ISSN
0748-8017
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/qre.995