Track 2 Session 9
8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Thursday June 11, 2009

Reliability Design of Pressurized Structural Devices Under Cycling Load

High-volume manufacturers of consumer items or low volume producers have the same goal; to bring a product to market using a process focused on designing out or mitigating potential failure modes prior to production. For this activity, the reliability team performs three fundamental activities: Design for Reliability, Reliability Verification and Analytical Physics. Complexity arises when high non-linear geometry or loading becomes difficult to model a system even using state-of-the-art finite element software or analytical techniques. Techniques for data acquisition, analysis, test planning and practice with combining reliability techniques using fatigue theory concepts can be a systematic approach to the design process. In this session, we will discuss the application of Design of Experiment techniques, accelerated life testing and Monte Carlo simulation for the design of pressurized flexible structural elements for different types of stress levels.