equipment failure analysis

Preferred Label : equipment failure analysis;

MeSH definition : The evaluation of incidents involving the loss of function of a device. These evaluations are used for a variety of purposes such as to determine the failure rates, the causes of failures, costs of failures, and the reliability and maintainability of devices.;

MeSH synonym : analyses, equipment failure; failure analysis, equipment; analysis, equipment failure; equipment failure analyses; failure analyses, equipment;

MeSH hyponym : prosthesis failure analysis; Analysis, Prosthesis Failure; Analyses, Prosthesis Failure; Failure Analyses, Prosthesis; Failure Analysis, Prosthesis; Prosthesis Failure Analyses;

Related MeSH term : materials failure analysis; Analysis, Materials Failure; Analyses, Materials Failure; Failure Analyses, Materials; Failure Analysis, Materials; Materials Failure Analyses;

MeSH annotation : coordinate with specific equipment or specific technique / instrum;

Details

Origin ID

D019544;

UMLS CUI

C0376694;

Allowable qualifiers
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Metaterm(s)
- equipment and supplies [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- equipment failure analysis [MeSH concept]
- materials failure analysis [MeSH concept]
- prosthesis failure analysis [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- equipment and supplies [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Qualitative Concept [UMLS semantic type]

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