Vehicle`s component e.g. exhaust silencer, reliability predicting method, involves using actual and reference loads, number of faults between preset and future time, and correlation between load in test and in future use for prediction

摘要

The method involves subjecting a component in a test of a load, and measuring a mass for the load as an actual-load which sets the component until a preset time during the test. Another mass is preset as a reference load setting the component between preset and future time. The reliability is predicted using the actual and reference loads, a number of faults between the time, and correlation between the load in test and in future use. Independent claims are also included for the following: (A) a computer program component loaded in an internal memory of a computer to execute a method for predicting reliability of a component (B) a digital storage medium with electronically selectable control signals, which can interact with a programmable data processing equipment to execute a method for predicting reliability of a component.