Listen "QDD Redux Ep. 2: How to Handle Competing Failure Modes"
Episode Synopsis
In this special episode of Quality during Design Redux, we're pulling episodes from our archive about test results analysis. In our Season 1 - Episode 93 titled "The Fundamental Thing to Know from Statistics for Design Engineering", we talked about hypothesis testing: how it is used for lots of data analysis techniques. The next 4 episodes of this QDD Redux are taking the next steps._________________________________________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.
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