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Weibull Analysis In Excel Refer to The New Weibull Handbook, 5th

Data To Use For Also refer to International Standard


The Facts For A Weibull Plot Excel Regression
X-age to Use This Use This
Y-plot
i-values failure Date For Date For
position
sorted X-axis Y-axis
1 37 0.109375 -2.15561601 3.610918 A Weibull function is provided in Excel for th
2 63 0.265625 -1.17527042 4.143135 Weibull(x,alpha,beta,true
3 69 0.421875 -0.60154355 4.234107 Weibull(x,alpha,beta,false
4 73 0.578125 -0.14728704 4.290459 note x must be greater than zero
5 108 0.734375 0.281917795 4.682131 note alpha in Excel is the Weibull slope
6 140 0.890625 0.794336831 4.941642 note beta in Excel is the Weibull characte
Excel Regression Stats The Weibull function in Excel
= 2.361 0.632121 <--Using the Excel Weibull function for X-ag
= 92.672 0.009373 <--Using the Excel Weibull function for X-ag
R2 = 0.9508 The Weibull CDF = 1-exp(-1*(x/
The Weibull PDF = (/(
SuperSMITH Weibull Stats Given (change any value in the yellow bo
= 2.361
= 92.672 2.361 92.672
R2 = 0.9500 Input your data into yellow boxes
pve%= 71.48%
p-value % is corrected for sample size, must be greater than 10% for good curve fit

Corrected Weibull equations April 1, 2016 as noted by Guga Gugaratshan at Caperpillar Inc., Technical Center TCE
he New Weibull Handbook, 5th edition, by Dr. Robert B. Abernethy for nomenclature
to International Standard IEC 61649 Edition 2.0 2008-08 for the same nomeclature as The New Weibull Handbook

function is provided in Excel for the CDF and PDF values


alpha,beta,true) <--provides the cumulative distribution function, CDF, at the value of x
alpha,beta,false) <--provides the probablity density function, PDF, at the value for x
ust be greater than zero
ha in Excel is the Weibull slope
a in Excel is the Weibull characteristic value
ull function in Excel will not take a data set and return the and values!
he Excel Weibull function for X-age to failure @ 92.672 we get the expected CDF
he Excel Weibull function for X-age to failure @ 92.672 we get the expected PDF
ull CDF = 1-exp(-1*(x/)^) Weibull reliability R = 1-CDF = exp(-1*(x/)^)
ull PDF = (/(^))*(x^(-1))*exp(-1*(x/)^) Instanteous failure rate = H(t)=x^-1)
ange any value in the yellow boxes):
x CDF PDF R H(t)
92.672 ----------> 0.632121 0.009372 0.367879 0.025477
data into yellow boxes Calculated Results

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