Course structure
Module 0: Course Introduction
[Total Run Time: 5 Minutes]
Module I: Statistical Model for Reliability Testing
[Total Run Time: 1 Hour, 20 Minutes]
- Identify the fundamentals of a statistical reliability test
- Recognize the limits of statistical analysis and the effects of product types
- Identify characteristics of an effective sample
- Describe the purpose of testing to make business and engineering decisions
Module II: Key Accelerated Tests, Terms, and Methods
[Total Run Time: 20 Minutes]
- Define information goal and explain its importance in selecting test methods
- Explain the difference between data and information
Module III: Full System Life Test (FSLT)
[Total Run Time: 1 Hour, 35 Minutes]
- Restate the goal of a full system life test
- Explain the basic methods of a full system life test
- Discover how to reduce test time by cycling faster
- Discover how to reduce test time by eliminating non-damaging conditions
- Discuss the limitations and assumptions inherent in this method
- Identify sources of damage
Module IV: Step Stress
[Total Run Time: 40 Minutes]
- Explain why achieving failure is successful
- Demonstrate one life in a mandated test while finding failures
- Examine the limitations and assumptions of the test method
- Explain why step stress test is an accelerated test
Module V: Accelerated Reliability
[Total Run Time: 1 Hour, 10 Minutes]
- Describe an accelerated reliability test, including inputs needed, outputs, and limitations
- Distinguish the stress vs. life vs. probability relationship
- Determine when to use the accelerated reliability technique
Module VI: Highly Accelerated Life Test (HALT)
[Total Run Time: 1 Hour, 15 Minutes]
- Identify differences between statistics-based and failure-based testing
- Describe HALT, including inputs needed, outputs, and limitations
- Relate the importance of vibration
- State the importance of vibration frequency range on strain
Module VII: Failure Mode Verification Test (FMVT®)
[Total Run Time: 3 Hours, 30 Minutes]
- Describe an FMVT® test, including inputs needed, outputs, and limitations
- Describe examples of conducting FMVT® tests
- Explain the difference between design maturity and reliability
Module VIII: Test Acceleration vs. Program Acceleration
[Total Run Time: 10 Minutes]
- Explain why program acceleration is critical to improving time
Module IX: Hybrid Acceleration Methods
[Total Run Time: 10 Minutes]
- Explain how outputs of one test can be used by other tests
- Combine two or more tests based on the strengths and weaknesses of the tests
Module X: Decision and Selection Process
[Total Run Time: 1 Hour]
- Choose accelerated test methods for a given business application
- Use a hypothesis matrix to organize stresses and failure modes, and to validate the test selection
- 90 days of online single-user access (from date of purchase) to the 10 hour presentation
- 10 video modules (see Topics/Outline tab)
- Integrated knowledge checks to reinforce key concepts
- Online learning assessment (submit to SAE)
- Course handbook (downloadable, .pdf’s)
- Instructor follow up to your content questions
- The eBook, Accelerated Testing and Validation Management by Alexander J. Porter
- 1.1 CEU’s – Certificate of Achievement (with satisfactory learning assessment score)
*SAE International is authorized by IACET to offer CEUs for this course.
