How to Handle Competing Failure Modes

05/05/2021 8 min Episodio 10
How to Handle Competing Failure Modes

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Episode Synopsis

If we're not careful with or ignore failure modes, we can choose the wrong reliability model or statistical distribution. If our product performance is close to the required limits and/or we need a very accurate model, this could be a big problem.We talk about the importance of failure modes and step-through a tensile-test example to explore these other topics:competing failure modessuspensionsindependent vs. dependentreliability block diagramsThe podcast blog includes extra useful information/links.Ready to apply this to your project?→ Schedule a free discovery call: Dianna's calendarWant insights like this?→ Subscribe to my newsletter: qualityduringdesign.substack.comLearn the full framework:→ Get the Book: Pierce the Design Fog ABOUT DIANNADianna Deeney is a quality advocate for product development with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing. She is president of Deeney Enterprises, LLC, which helps organizations and people improve engineering design.