Stress Testing Task

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A Stress Testing Task is a system testing task that ...

  • Context:
    • It can be used to determine breaking points or safe usage limits
    • It can be used to confirm mathematical model is accurate enough in predicting breaking points or safe usage limits
    • It can be used to confirm intended specifications are being met
    • It can be used to determine modes of failure (how exactly a system fails)
    • It can be used to test stable operation of a part or system outside standard usage.
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  • Counter-Example(s):
  • See: Fatigue Testing, Failure Cause, Reliability Engineering, Stress (Mechanics).


References

2019

  • (Wikipedia, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_testing Retrieved:2019-12-11.
    • Stress testing (sometimes called torture testing) is a form of deliberately intense or thorough testing used to determine the stability of a given system or entity. It involves testing beyond normal operational capacity, often to a breaking point, in order to observe the results. Reasons can include:
      • to determine breaking points or safe usage limits
      • to confirm mathematical model is accurate enough in predicting breaking points or safe usage limits
      • to confirm intended specifications are being met
      • to determine modes of failure (how exactly a system fails)
      • to test stable operation of a part or system outside standard usage
    • Reliability engineers often test items under expected stress or even under accelerated stress in order to determine the operating life of the item or to determine modes of failure. [1]

      The term “stress” may have a more specific meaning in certain industries, such as material sciences, and therefore stress testing may sometimes have a technical meaning – one example is in fatigue testing for materials.

  1. Nelson, Wayne B., (2004), Accelerated Testing - Statistical Models, Test Plans, and Data Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, New York,