Figure 1.1 | Conceptualized aging rates for physics-of-failure mechanisms |
Figure 1.2 | First law energy flow to system: (a) heat-in, work-out; and (b) heat-in and work-in |
Figure 1.3 | Fatigue S–N curve of cycles to failure versus stress, illustrating a fatigue limit in steel and no apparent limit in aluminum |
Figure 1.4 | Elastic stress limit and yielding point 1 |
Figure 2.1 | The entropy change of an isolated system is the sum of the entropy changes of its components, and is never less than zero |
Figure 2.2 | Cell fatigue dislocations and cumulating entropy |
Figure 2.3 | Gaussian white noise |
Figure 2.4 | Noise limit heart rate variability measurements of young, elderly, and CHF patients [10] |
Figure 2.5 | Noise limit heart rate variability chaos measurements of young and CHF patients [10] |
Figure 2.6 | Graphical representation of the autocorrelation function |
Figure 2.7 | (a) Sine waves at 10 and 15 Hz with some randomness in frequency; and (b) Fourier transform spectrum. In (b) we cannot transform back without knowledge of which sine tone occurred first |
Figure 2.8 | (a) White noise time series; (b) normalized autocorrelation function of white noise; and (c) PSD spectrum of white noise |
Figure 2.9 | (a) Flicker (pink) 1/f noise; (b) normalized autocorrelation function of 1/f noise; and (c) PSD spectrum of 1/f noise |
Figure 2.10 | (a) Brown 1/f 2 noise; (b) normalized autocorrelation function of 1/f 2 noise; and (c) PSD spectrum of 1/f 2 noise |
Figure 2.11 | Some key types of white, pink, and brown noise that might be observed from a system |
Figure 2.12 | 1/f noise simulations for resistor noise. Note the lower noise for larger resistors (power of 2) and higher noise for smaller resistors (power of 1.5) |
Figure 2.13 | Autocorrelation noise measurement detection system |
Figure 2.14 | Insulating cylinder divided into two sections by a frictionless piston |
Figure 2.15 | System (capacitor) and environment (battery) circuit |
Figure 2.16 | The system expands against the atmosphere |
Figure 2.17 | Mechanical work done on a system |
Figure 2.18 | Loss of available work due to increase in entropy damage |
Figure 2.19 | A simple system in contact with a heat reservoir |
Figure 2.20 | A system’s free energy decrease over time and the corresponding total entropy increase |
Figure 3.1 | Conceptual view of cyclic cumulative damage |
Figure 3.2 | Cyclic work plane |
Figure 3.3 | Carnot cycle in P, V plane |
Figure 3.4 | Cyclic engine damage Area 1 > Area 2 |
Figure 4.1 | Creep strain over time for different stresses where σ4 > σ3 > σ2 > σ1 |
Figure 4.2 | Example of creep of a wire due to a stress weight |
Figure 4.3 | Wear occurring to a sliding block having weight PW |
Figure 4.4 | Graphical example of a sine test resonance |
Figure 5.1 | Lead acid and alkaline MnO2 batteries fitted data |
Figure 5.2 | A simple corrosion cell with iron corrosion |
Figure 5.3 | Uniform electrochemical corrosion depicted on the surface of a metal |
Figure 6.1 | Arrhenius activation free energy path having a relative minimum as a function of generalized parameter a |
Figure 6.2 | Examples of ln(1 + B time) aging law, with upper graph similar to primary and secondary creep stages and the lower graph similar to primary battery voltage loss |
Figure 6.3 | Log time compared to power law aging models |
Figure 6.4 | (a) Continuous function with numerous energy states. (b) Relative minimum energy states having different degradation mechanisms |
Figure 6.5 | Aging with critical values tc prior to catastrophic failure |
Figure 7.1 | Types of wear dependence on sliding distance (time) |
Figure 7.2 | Capacitor leakage model |
Figure 7.3 | Beta degradation on life test data |
Figure 7.4 | Life test data of gate-source MESFET leakage current over time fitted to the ln(1 + Bt) aging model. Junction rise was about 30°C |
Figure 8.1 | System with n particles and nenv environment particles |
Figure 8.2 | Diffusion concept |
Figure 9.1 | Reliability bathtub curve model |
Figure 9.2 | Power law fit to the wear-out portion of the bathtub curve |
Figure 9.3 | Log time aging with parametric threshold tf |
Figure 9.4 | PDF failure portion that drifted past the parametric threshold |
Figure 9.5 | Creep curve with all three stages |
Figure 9.6 | Creep rate power law model for each creep stage, similar to the bathtub curve in Figure 9.1 |
Figure 9.7 | Creep strain over time for different stresses where σ4 > σ3 > σ2 > σ1 |
Figure 9.8 | Crystal frequency drift showing time-dependent standard deviation |
Figure A.1 | Reliability bathtub curve model |
Figure A.2 | Demonstrating the power law on the wear-out shape |
Figure A.3 | Modeling the bathtub curve with the Weibull power law |
Figure A.4 | Weibull hazard (failure) rate for different values of β [1] |
Figure A.5 | Weibull shapes of PDF and CDF with β = 2 [1] |
Figure A.6 | Weibull shapes of PDF and CDF with β = 0.5 [1] |
Figure A.7 | Normal distribution shapes of PDF and CDF; μ = 5, σ = 1 [1] |
Figure A.8 | Lognormal hazard (failure) rate for different σ values [1] |
Figure A.9 | Lognormal CDF and PDF for different σ values [1] |
Figure A.10 | Cpk analysis |
Figure A.11 | Life test: (a) Weibull analysis compared to (b) lognormal analysis test at 200°C [1] |
Figure A.12 | Field data (Table A.4) displaying inflection point as sub and main populations [1] |
Figure A.13 | Separating out the lower and upper distributions by the inflection point method [1] |
Figure B.1 | Main accelerated stresses and associated common failure issues |
Figure B.2 | Common accelerated qualification test plan used in industry [1] |
Figure B.3 | Arrhenius plot of data given in Table B.1 |
Figure B.4 | MTTF stress plot of data given in Table B.2 |
Figure B.5 | Sine vibration amplitude over time example |
Figure B.6 | Random vibration amplitude time series example |
Figure B.7 | PSD of the random vibration time series in Figure B.6 |
Figure C.1 | S–N curve for human heart compared to metal N fatigue cycle life versus S stress amplitude |
Figure C.2 | Simplified body repair |
Figure C.3 | Charge and repair RC model for the human body |
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