Reliability, Maintainability and Risk ─ Practical Methods for Engineers

Reliability, Maintainability and Risk 9th Edition has taught reliability and safety engineers techniques to minimize process design and operation defects and failures for 35 years. For beginners, the overview provided is valuable for avoiding pitfalls and as a reference for this complex and wide field. For experts in the field, well-described, realistic and illustrative examples and case studies gives new insight and assistance in your daily work. The author has used his 40 years of experience to create a comprehensive and detailed guide to the field whilst providing an excellent description of reliability and risk computation concepts.

This book is organized into five parts. Part 1 on reliability parameters and costs traces the history of reliability and safety technology and presents a cost-effective approach to quality, reliability, and safety. Part 2 deals with the interpretation of failure rates, while Part 3 focuses on the prediction of reliability and risk. Part 4 discusses design and assurance techniques; review and testing techniques; reliability growth modeling; field data collection and feedback; predicting and demonstrating repair times; quantified reliability maintenance; and systematic failures. Part 5 deals with legal, management and safety issues, such as project management, product liability, and safety legislation.

• Additional chapter on helicopter and aviation safety record
• Coverage of models for partial valve stroke test, fault tree logic and quantification difficulties
• More detail on use of tools such as FMEDA and programming standards like MISRA C+