BS ISO 15686-8:2008

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Abbreviated terms
5 Reference service life
  5.1 Reference service-life data
  5.2 Provision of reference service-life data
  5.3 Selection of data
  5.4 Formatting general data as reference service-life
      data
6 Service-life estimation using the factor method
  6.1 General
  6.2 Factors and factor categories
  6.3 Application of the factor method
  6.4 Levels of application
  6.5 Probability distributions
  6.6 Format of estimated service life
Annex A (normative) - Description of the factors and factor
        categories
Annex B (informative) - Example of a reference service-life
        data record
Annex C (informative) - Worked examples of service-life
        estimation using the factor method
Annex D (informative) - Worked examples of service-life
        estimation using the factor method in conjunction
        with statistical methods
Annex E (informative) - Remarks on the factor method
Bibliography

Describes guidance on the provision, selection and formatting of reference service-life data and on the application of these data for the purposes of calculating estimated service life using the factor method.

This part of ISO15686 provides guidance on the provision, selection and formatting of reference service-life data and on the application of these data for the purposes of calculating estimated service life using the factor method.

This part of ISO15686 does not give guidance on how to estimate the modification part or the values of factors A to G, using given reference in-use conditions and the object-specific in-use conditions.