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This paper presents a validation method for Accelerated life tests (ALTs) of pneumatic cylinders. Two ALTs using each temperature and pressure stress were performed. Weibull analyses for these ALTs and their combination data were conducted. The comparison analysis was carried out between predictions based on ALTs and results obtained from normal use conditions. In other words, the validation of ALTs was conducted by applying hypothesis tests and confidence intervals for Weibull parameters. Finally, the Weibull shape parameter, the acceleration index of pressure, the activation energy for temperature, and the life cycles (B 10 and characteristic) under normal use conditions for pneumatic cylinders were obtained.
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Mu-Seong Chang received the Ph.D. degree in industrial and systems engineering from Changwon National University in 2007. He is a Senior Researcher of Reliability Assessment Center at Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Korea. His research interests include reliability engineering, accelerated life testing methodology and applied statistics.
Bo Sik Kang is a Principal Researcher of Reliability Assessment Center at Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, Korea. His research interest is reliability research of pneumatic products. He has published articles in Transactions of the KSME A and Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering.
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Chang, MS., Lee, CS., Choi, BO. et al. Study on validation for accelerated life tests of pneumatic cylinders based on the test results of normal use conditions. J Mech Sci Technol 31, 2739–2745 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-017-0517-2
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