1.1 The techniques described in this guide pertain to mixed flowing gas (MFG) tests containing corrosive species that are applied to evaluate devices containing electrical contacts such as slip rings, separable connectors, electromechanical relays or switch contacts. These techniques may be relev...

The design of a photovoltaic module or system intended to provide safe conversion of the sun's radiant energy into useful electricity must take into consideration the possibility of partial shadowing of the module(s) during operation. This test method describes a procedure for verifying that ...

The formability of materials is affected by springback, the difference between the final shape of a part and the shape of the die that formed it. Materials having a large amount of springback create difficulties for the die designer and make die rework much more likely and complicated. This can ...

In this paper the AMSAA model is generalized to the reliability growth testing of multi-system simultaneous development, therefore it is named the AMSAA-BISE model^[12]. The MLE and unbiased estimates of the parameters for the system and a goodness of fit test from failure-truncated data a...

A new methodology that combines analytical and experimental methods is proposed for evaluating transformer lifetime. This first part of a two part series focuses on aging and lifetime evaluation of oil sealed transformers. The second part focuses on an experimental study of the various elements of t...