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. New material in this text covers reliability-centred maintenance, data analysis and includes more worked examples.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, David J. 1943 June 22-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.
©2001
Edition:6th ed.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Reliability, Maintainability and Risk: Practical methods for engineers; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One: Understanding Reliability Parameters and Costs; Part Two: Interpreting Failure Rates; Part Three: Predicting Reliability and Risk; Part Four: Achieving Reliability and Maintainability; Part Five: Legal, Management and Safety Considerations; Appendix 1. Glossary; Appendix 2. Percentage points of the Chi-square distribution; Appendix 3. Microelectronics failure rates; Appendix 4. General failure rates; Appendix 5. Failure mode percentages.