Formulation of a fragility program

The formulation of a fragility test program should include the review of a series of questions and trade offs. The answers, or at least tentative answers, to these questions will guide the program approach. This paper will share the questions and the thinking that went into the formulation of a current test program. Included in the questions are: 1) grouping and priority, 2) mounting and anchoring, 3) operation and functional anomalies, 4) instrumentation, 5) excitation waveforms, 6) test sequence and number of samples, and 7) data review and analysis. The approach selected for the demonstration program will be outlined