Reliability, maintainability and risk : practical methods for engineers

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Smith, David J. 1943 June 22-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, 1999, ©1997.
Edition5th ed., reprinted with revisions.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN159124322X
9781591243229
0750637528
9780750637527
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 317 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Understanding Reliability Parameters and Costs. 1. The History of reliability and safety technology. 2. Understanding terms and jargon. 3. A cost-effective approach to quality, reliability and safety
  • pt. 2. Interpreting Failure Rates. 4. Realistic failure rates. 5. Interpreting data and demonstrating reliability. 6. Variable failure rates and probability plotting
  • pt. 3. Predicting Reliability and Risk. 7. Essential reliability theory. 8. Methods of modelling. 9. Risk assessment (QRA)
  • pt. 4. Achieving Reliability and Maintainability. 10. Design and assurance techniques. 11. Design review and test. 12. Field data collection and feedback. 13. Factors influencing down time. 14. Predicting and demonstrating repair times. 15. Quantified reliability centred maintenance. 16. Software quality/reliability
  • pt. 5. Legal, Management and Safety Considerations. 17. Project management. 18. Contract clauses and their pitfalls. 19. Product liability and safety legislation. 20. Major incident legislation. 21. Safety-related systems. 22. A case study: The Datamet Project. App. 2. Percentage points of the Chi-square distribution
  • App. 3. Microelectronics failure rates
  • App. 4. General failure rates
  • App. 5. Failure mode percentages
  • App. 6. Human error rates
  • App. 7. Fatality rates
  • App. 8. Answers to exercises
  • App. 9. Bibliography
  • App. 10. Software packages
  • App. 11. Simulation source code.