Ebook: Handbook of Reliability Engineering

An effective reliability programme is an essential component of every product's design, testing and efficient production. From the failure analysis of a microelectronic device to software fault tolerance and from the accelerated life testing of mechanical components to hardware verification, a common underlying philosophy of reliability applies. Defining both fundamental and applied work across the entire systems reliability arena, this state-of-the-art reference presents methodologies for quality, maintainability and dependability. Featuring: Contributions from 60 leading reliability experts in academia and industry giving comprehensive and authoritative coverage. A distinguished international Editorial Board ensuring clarity and precision throughout. Extensive references to the theoretical foundations, recent research and future directions described in each chapter. Comprehensive subject index providing maximum utility to the reader. Applications and examples across all branches of engineering including IT, power, automotive and aerospace sectors. The handbook's cross-disciplinary scope will ensure that it serves as an indispensable tool for researchers in industrial, electrical, electronics, computer, civil, mechanical and systems engineering. It will also aid professional engineers to find creative reliability solutions and management to evaluate systems reliability and to improve processes. For student research projects it will be the ideal starting point whether addressing basic questions in communications and electronics or learning advanced applications in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), manufacturing and high-assurance engineering systems.

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An effective reliability programme is an essential component of every product's design, testing and efficient production. From the failure analysis of a microelectronic device to software fault tolerance and from the accelerated life testing of mechanical components to hardware verification, a common underlying philosophy of reliability applies. Defining both fundamental and applied work across the entire systems reliability arena, this state-of-the-art reference presents methodologies for quality, maintainability and dependability. Featuring: Contributions from 60 leading reliability experts in academia and industry giving comprehensive and authoritative coverage. A distinguished international Editorial Board ensuring clarity and precision throughout. Extensive references to the theoretical foundations, recent research and future directions described in each chapter. Comprehensive subject index providing maximum utility to the reader. Applications and examples across all branches of engineering including IT, power, automotive and aerospace sectors. The handbook's cross-disciplinary scope will ensure that it serves as an indispensable tool for researchers in industrial, electrical, electronics, computer, civil, mechanical and systems engineering. It will also aid professional engineers to find creative reliability solutions and management to evaluate systems reliability and to improve processes. For student research projects it will be the ideal starting point whether addressing basic questions in communications and electronics or learning advanced applications in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), manufacturing and high-assurance engineering systems.

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An effective reliability programme is an essential component of every product's design, testing and efficient production. From the failure analysis of a microelectronic device to software fault tolerance and from the accelerated life testing of mechanical components to hardware verification, a common underlying philosophy of reliability applies. Defining both fundamental and applied work across the entire systems reliability arena, this state-of-the-art reference presents methodologies for quality, maintainability and dependability. Featuring: Contributions from 60 leading reliability experts in academia and industry giving comprehensive and authoritative coverage. A distinguished international Editorial Board ensuring clarity and precision throughout. Extensive references to the theoretical foundations, recent research and future directions described in each chapter. Comprehensive subject index providing maximum utility to the reader. Applications and examples across all branches of engineering including IT, power, automotive and aerospace sectors. The handbook's cross-disciplinary scope will ensure that it serves as an indispensable tool for researchers in industrial, electrical, electronics, computer, civil, mechanical and systems engineering. It will also aid professional engineers to find creative reliability solutions and management to evaluate systems reliability and to improve processes. For student research projects it will be the ideal starting point whether addressing basic questions in communications and electronics or learning advanced applications in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), manufacturing and high-assurance engineering systems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Multi-state k-out-of-n Systems....Pages 3-17
Reliability of Systems with Multiple Failure Modes....Pages 19-36
Reliabilities of Consecutive-k Systems....Pages 37-59
Multi-state System Reliability Analysis and Optimization (Universal Generating Function and Genetic Algorithm Approach)....Pages 61-90
Combinatorial Reliability Optimization....Pages 91-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-116
Modeling the Observed Failure Rate....Pages 117-139
Concepts of Stochastic Dependence in Reliability Analysis....Pages 141-156
Statistical Reliability Change-point Estimation Models....Pages 157-163
Concepts and Applications of Stochastic Aging in Reliability....Pages 165-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-197
Software Reliability Models: A Selective Survey and New Directions....Pages 198-199
Software Reliability Modeling....Pages 201-211
Software Availability Theory and Its Applications....Pages 213-234
Software Rejuvenation: Modeling and Applications....Pages 235-244
Software Reliability Management: Techniques and Applications....Pages 245-263
Recent Studies in Software Reliability Engineering....Pages 265-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-302
Warranty and Maintenance....Pages 303-304
Mechanical Reliability and Maintenance Models....Pages 305-316
Preventive Maintenance Models: Replacement, Repair, Ordering, and Inspection....Pages 317-348
Maintenance and Optimum Policy....Pages 349-366
Front Matter....Pages 367-395
Optimal Imperfect Maintenance Models....Pages 303-304
Accelerated Life Testing....Pages 397-414
Accelerated Test Models with the Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution....Pages 415-428
Multiple-steps Step-stress Accelerated Life Test....Pages 429-439
Step-stress Accelerated Life Testing....Pages 441-455
Front Matter....Pages 457-469
Statistical Methods for Reliability Data Analysis....Pages 470-472
The Application of Capture-Recapture Methods in Reliability Studies....Pages 475-492
Reliability of Electric Power Systems: An Overview....Pages 493-510
Human and Medical Device Reliability....Pages 511-528
Probabilistic Risk Assessment....Pages 529-541
Total Dependability Management....Pages 543-557
Total Quality for Software Engineering Management....Pages 559-565
Software Fault Tolerance....Pages 567-584
Markovian Dependability/Performability Modeling of Fault-tolerant Systems....Pages 585-611
Random-request Availability....Pages 613-642
Back Matter....Pages 643-652
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