Product and technology quality and reliability are two of the most critical elements for achieving success today and in the future for both industry and service areas. Accelerated reliability testing (ART)/accelerated durability testing (ADT) is one of the basic components needed to achieve success. This test method has shown promising results in its capacity to induce failures, especially those formerly identified as no-fault-found (NFF) failures. This chapter analyzes a current situation in ART/ADT in the aerospace, aircraft, and automotive industries. The first principle of the establishment of accelerated multiple environmental testing (AMET) is an integrated simultaneous combination within the laboratory simulation of multiple environmental factors that act on the test subject in actual service. The components that relate to accelerated corrosion testing are explained. Accelerated vibration testing may be one of the components of accelerated reliability (durability) testing, or an independent type of testing.

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