Accelerated Stress Testing Handbook: Guide for Achieving Quality Products [Hardcover]

H. Anthony Chan (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 11, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0780360257 | ISBN-13: 978-0780360259 | Edition: 1

As we move closer to a genuinely global economy, the pressure to develop highly reliable products on ever-tighter schedules will increase. Part of a designer's "toolbox" for achieving product reliability in a compressed time frame should be a set of best practices for utilizing accelerated stress testing (AST).

The Accelerated Stress Testing Handbook delineates a core set of AST practices as part of an overall methodology for enhancing hardware product reliability. The techniques presented will teach readers to identify design deficiencies and problems with component quality or manufacturing processes early in the product's life, and then to take corrective action as quickly as possible. A wide array of case studies gleaned from leading practitioners of AST supplement the theory and methodology, which will provide the reader with a more concrete idea of how AST truly enhances quality in a reduced time frame.

Important topics covered include:

• Theoretical basis for AST
• General AST best practices
• AST design and manufacturing processes
• AST equipment and techniques
• AST process safety qualification

In this handbook, AST cases studies demonstrate thermal, vibration, electrical, and liquid stress application; failure mode analysis; and corrective action techniques. Individuals who would be interested in this book include: reliability engineers and researchers, mechanical and electrical engineers, those involved with all facets of electronics and telecommunications product design and manufacturing, and people responsible for implementing quality and process improvement programs.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is a most thorough and up-to-date handbook...I highly recommend it to all readers in this field of interest..." (IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, December 2001)

From the Back Cover

Electrical Engineering Accelerated Stress Testing Handbook Guide for Achieving Quality Products As we move closer to a genuinely global economy, the pressure to develop highly reliable products on ever-tighter schedules will increase. Part of a designer's "toolbox" for achieving product reliability in a compressed time frame should be a set of best practices for utilizing accelerated stress testing (AST). The Accelerated Stress Testing Handbook delineates a core set of AST practices as part of an overall methodology for enhancing hardware product reliability. The techniques presented will teach readers to identify design deficiencies and problems with component quality or manufacturing processes early in the product's life, and then to take corrective action as quickly as possible. A wide array of case studies gleaned from leading practitioners of AST supplement the theory and methodology, which will provide the reader with a more concrete idea of how AST truly enhances quality in a reduced time frame. Important topics covered include:
* Theoretical basis for AST
* General AST best practices
* AST design and manufacturing processes
* AST equipment and techniques
* AST process safety qualification
In this handbook, AST cases studies demonstrate thermal, vibration, electrical, and liquid stress application; failure mode analysis; and corrective action techniques. Individuals who would be interested in this book include: reliability engineers and researchers, mechanical and electrical engineers, those involved with all facets of electronics and telecommunications product design and manufacturing, and people responsible for implementing quality and process improvement programs.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 372 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press; 1 edition (May 11, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0780360257
• ISBN-13: 978-0780360259
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 1 x 10.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,016,055 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Objective and Useful, October 18, 2002

By 

Troy Hartwig (Lee's Summit, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Accelerated Stress Testing Handbook: Guide for Achieving Quality Products (Hardcover)

After reading and being dissappointed by the other two books on accelerated stress testing (Hobbs and McLean), it was very refreshing to read this one. It is objective and very helpful. It gives a great introduction to the principles of AST. It goes on to give very specific recommendations about the steps in process and key details about different factors involved in performing the testing and subsequent analysis.

Unlike the others, the reader doesn't feel like he is watching an infomercial, full of lofty claims with few hard facts to back them up. This book delivers on the details and leaves the conclusions to the reader.

It is a bit dry and long, more like a textbook than the others, but in a positive way.

If you are an engineer trying to sell management on the technology, give them Hobb's book. If you want to learn about AST, buy this one.