Reliability, maintainability, and risk : practical methods for engineers

This revised edition takes into account current emphasis on risk assessment techniques and safety critical systems, as well as major incident legislation. Content: Also by the same author , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Introduction to the Fourth Edition , Pages xi-xii Acknowledgements , Page xiii 1 - The history of reliability and safety technology , Pages 3-9 2 - Understanding terms and jargon , Pages 10-23 3 - A cost-effective approach to quality, reliability and safety , Pages 24-31 4 - Realistic failure rates , Pages 35-49 5 - Interpreting data and demonstrating reliability , Pages 50-62 6 - Variable failure rates and probability plotting , Pages 63-71 7 - Essential reliability theory , Pages 75-89 8 - Methods of modelling , Pages 90-127 9 - Risk assessment , Pages 128-134 10 - Design and assurance techniques , Pages 137-151 11 - Design review and test , Pages 152-160 12 - Field data collection and feedback , Pages 161-170 13 - Factors influencing down time , Pages 171-192 14 - Predicting and demonstrating repair times , Pages 193-207 15 - Software quality/reliability , Pages 208-225 16 - Project management , Pages 229-233 17 - Contract clauses and their pitfalls , Pages 234-245 18 - Product liability and safety legislation , Pages 246-252 19 - Safety-critical systems and major incidents , Pages 253-259 20 - A case study: The Datamet Project , Pages 260-270 Appendix 1 - Glossary , Pages 271-279 Appendix 2 - Percentage points of the Chi-square distribution , Pages 280-283 Appendix 3 - Microelectronics failure rates , Pages 284-285 Appendix 4 - General failure rates , Pages 286-293 Appendix 5 - Failure mode percentages , Pages 294-296 Appendix 6 - Human error rates , Pages 297-298 Appendix 7 - Fatality rates , Pages 299-300 Appendix 8 - Answers to exercises , Pages 301-304 Appendix 9 - Bibliography , Pages 305-307 Appendix 10 - Software packages , Pages 308-310 Appendix 11 - Simulation source code , Pages 311-316 Index , Pages 317-319 FARADIP.THREE , Page ibc1 Reliability, Maintainability and Risk: Practical Methods for Engineers, Fourth edition presents the techniques in the analysis and assessment of reliability, maintainability, safety, and risk factors in engineering design. The book contains chapters that are devoted to the discussion of reliability parameters and costs; the history of reliability and safety technology; cost-effective approaches to quality, reliability and safety; interpretation of failure rates; and prediction of reliability and risk. Risk assessment, design and assurance techniques, project management, and product liability are tackled as well. Industrial engineers, contract administrators, project managers, designers, and professionals responsible for the design and implementation of engineering projects will find the book invaluable. Safety/Reliability engineering has not developed as a unified discipline, but has grown out of the integration of a number of activities which were previously the province of the engineer.