Product Integrity and Reliability in Design

**Product Integrity and Reliability in Design** is intended to serve either as a text for graduate students or as a reference for practicing engineers. The book develops the root-cause approach to reliability - often referred to as "physics of failure" in the reliability engineering field. It approaches the subject from the point of view of a process and integrates the necessary methods to support that process. The book can be used to teach first- or second-year postgraduate students in mechanical, electrical, manufacturing and materials engineering about addressing issues of reliability during product development. It will also serve practicing engineers involved in the design and development of electrical and mechanical components and systems, as a reference. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach appropriate to system engineering, stressing concepts that can be integrated into design and placing less emphasis on traditional assumptions about reliability and analysis as a separate development activity. Several case studies emphasize the understanding of failure mechanisms and failure prevention and show how reliability methods, including simulation and testing can be integrated into design and development. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction to Product Integrity and Reliability Assessment....Pages 3-19 Elements of Probability for Reliability Assessment....Pages 20-53 Concepts in Reliability for Design....Pages 54-86 Front Matter....Pages 87-87 Overstress Failure and Load — Strength Interference....Pages 89-112 Elements of Fatigue and Related Mechanisms....Pages 113-145 Applications of Finite Element Analysis and Whole Field Stress Measurement....Pages 146-177 Elements of Corrosion....Pages 178-203 Failures in Electronic Assemblies and Devices....Pages 204-232 Case Studies in Product Failure and Failure Analysis....Pages 233-250 Front Matter....Pages 251-251 Introduction to Testing and Test Effectiveness for Reliability Assessment....Pages 253-287 Design and Analysis of Statistical Experiments....Pages 288-311 Accelerated Testing and Data Analysis....Pages 312-337 Failure Analysis of Assemblies and Devices....Pages 338-369 Case Studies in Product Development and Improvement....Pages 370-386 Back Matter....Pages 387-402