Sheet steel has been the most commonly used structural material in the automobile industry since the 1920s. Steel is stiff and robust, making it an ideal option for durable chassis and welded parts.

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Are your environmental test results exposing true device weaknesses, or just reflecting extreme stress conditions?

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Failure rate or base failure rate refers to the number of failures per unit of time, typically in terms of failures in time (FITs) equivalent to one failure in a billion hours, which can be expected ...

Due to the increased complexity in safety-critical system hardware, software, and mechatronics, the functional safety development process must address systematic and random hardware failures. Numerous ...