Reliability Books
 Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queueing, and Computer Science
Applications (The Blue Book), 2nd Edition (Kishor Shridharbhai Trivedi)
ISBN: 0471333417
In the second edition, all the chapters have been thoroughly revised. Many examples and problems are updated, and many new examples and problems have been added. There is a considerable addition of examples on system availability modeling, wireless system performance and availability modeling, software reliability modeling, and system performability modeling. New material on fault trees and stochastic Petri nets, and numerical solution techniques for Markov chains have been added. Detection of software aging is included as well as statistical estimation of availability.
The book will be of use as a classroom textbook as well as of use for practicing engineers. Researchers will also find valuable material here.
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 Accelerated
Testing : Statistical Models, Test Plans, and Data Analyses (Wiley Series in Probability and
Mathematical Statistics-Applied Probability) (Wayne Nelson)
ISBN: 0471522775
In recent years, much useful methodology has been developed in accelerated testing--this book makes
it available to practitioners. Many products last so long that life testing at design conditions is
impractical. However, these products can be life-tested at high-stress conditions to yield failures
quickly. Such testing saves much time and money--and analyses of data from an accelerated test yield
needed information on product life at design (low stress) conditions. Presents practical, modern,
statistical methods for accelerated testing including test models, analyses of data and plans for
testing. Each topic is self-contained for easy reference. Coverage is broad and detailed enough to
serve as a text or reference. Contains many real test examples along with data analyses, computer
programs and references to the literature.
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 Accelerated
Reliability Engineering: HALT and HASS (Gregg K. Hobbs (Editor))
ISBN: 047197966X
Practical accelerated testing, or environmental stress screening, is now seen as an alternative to
product reliability engineering. By stimulating component weaknesses and failures in an accelerated
test chamber, failures only detected in real time are exposed during the design phase. Written by a
world-renowned expert and trainer in environmental stress stimulation, this book presents the
author's HALT (highly accelerated life testing) and HASS (highly accelerated stress screening)
techniques, used to create optimal designs from the outset.
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 Burn-In:
An Engineering Approach to the Design and Analysis of Burn-In Procedures (Finn Jensen, Niels Erik
Petersen (Photographer))
ISBN: 0471102156
Introduces the benefits and techniques of performing burn-in on components, sub-assemblies, and
complete systems. An engineering approach, this text emphasizes practical applications of
reliability theory. Presents numerous real-life examples. Provides the fundamental information
needed to design and analyze a meaningful and effective burn-in procedure.
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 Root
Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom Line Results (Robert J. Latino, Kenneth C. Latino)
ISBN: 0849307732
The authors show how to identify, resolve, and eliminate the chronic issues that hinder the
attainment of organizational goals. Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a structured process that uncovers
the physical, human, and latent causes of any undesirable event in the workplace. Following the
PROACT steps outlined in this book, companies can learn how to:
* Preserve event data
* Order the Analysis team
* Analyze the data using logic trees
* Communicate findings and recommendations, and
* Track for bottom-line results
The authors carefully discuss the roles of management and an RCA team, prioritizing the events to
analyze, and automating the RCA process with their award winning software. They also present case
studies that illustrate RCA's potential. Armed with the knowledge in Root Cause Analysis,
organizations can understand why errors occur, essentially eliminate chronic errors from occurring,
and witness a direct, positive impact on their bottom line.
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 Root
Cause Analysis: Simplified Tools and Techniques (Bjorn Andersen (Editor), Tom Fagerhaug, Bjorn
Anderson, Bjrn Andersen)
ISBN: 0873894669
Finally, a book is available that makes root cause analysis accessible to any employee in all types
of organizations and business sectors. Other books on the market are written primarily for the
quality manager interested in understanding root cause analysis within the larger concept of TQM and
continuous improvement. Root Cause Analysis: A Beginner's Approach starts from scratch and builds
gradually toward presenting the most-needed basic root analysis skills. These tools are described,
and their purpose and typical applications are outlined. Procedures for applying the tools are
included, as is a checklist, to ensure that the tools are applied correctly. Business examples and
cases help support root cause analysis learning. The text also contains forms and templates that can
be copied from the book.
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 Reliability:
Modeling, Prediction, and Optimization (D.N. Prabhakar Murthy, Wallace R. Blischke)
ISBN: 0471184500
With manufactured products exploding in numbers and complexity, reliability studies play an
increasingly critical role throughout a product's entire life cycle-from design to post-sale
support. Reliability: Modeling, Prediction, and Optimization presents a remarkably broad framework
for the analysis of the technical and commercial aspects of product reliability, integrating
concepts and methodologies from such diverse areas as engineering, materials science, statistics,
probability, operations research, and management. Written in plain language by two highly respected
experts in the field, this practical work provides engineers, operations managers, and applied
statisticians with both qualitative and quantitative tools for solving a variety of complex,
real-world reliability problems. A wealth of examples and case studies accompanies: Comprehensive
coverage of assessment, prediction, and improvement at each stage of a product's life cycle; Clear
explanations of modeling and analysis for hardware ranging from a single part to whole systems;
Thorough coverage of test design and statistical analysis of reliability data; A special chapter on
software reliability Coverage of effective management of reliability, product support, testing,
pricing, and related topics; Lists of sources for technical information, data, and computer programs
Hundreds of graphs, charts, and tables, as well as over 500 references
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 FMEA
Author's Edition (Paul Palady)
ISBN: 0966316002
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 Practical
reliability engineering (P D T O'Connor)
ISBN 0471957674
This classic textbook/reference contains a complete
integration of the processes which influence quality and reliability in product specification,
design, test, manufacture and support.
Provides a step-by-step explanation of proven techniques
for the development and production of reliable engineering equipment as well as details of the
highly regarded work of Taguchi and Shainin.
New to this edition: over 75 pages of self-assessment
questions plus a revised bibliography and references.
The book fulfills the requirements of the qualifying
examinations in reliability engineering of the Institute of Quality Assurance, UK and the American
Society of Quality Control.
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 Introduction
to Reliability and Quality Engineering (John P Bentley)
ISBN 0201331322
This book is an introduction to the topics of quality and
reliability, using a broad approach which is not linked to any particular engineering discipline.
The first chapter explains the concepts of quality and reliability, introduces practical definitions
and relevant statistics. The second chapter shows how to calculate the reliability of a range of
important systems given failure rate data for individual elements and components. Typical component
and element failure rate and models are presented in Chapter 3, together with discussion of software
and human reliability. Chapter 4 deals with quality and reliability in manufacture and discusses
Total Quality Management, the influence of quality and reliability on product economics and how both
can be achieved at the design, production and testing stages. Chapter 5 is concerned with
reliability in maintenance, examines how different maintenance strategies influence the total cost
of ownership; these strategies are then discussed in detail. The application of reliability
principles to engineering safety is covered in Chapter 6; this is a case study of the design of a
highly reliable protective system for hazardous chemical process. The book contains around 100 line
diagrams and tables and several worked examples. The mathematics is limited to the minimum
necessary for understanding the principles involved. The book is intended primarily for
undergraduate students on electrical, electronic, instrumentation/control, mechanical, manufacturing
and chemical engineering degree courses. Furthermore, since the level of mathematics is not high,
much of the material will be helpful to technical engineers and students. The book should also be of
use to professional engineers requiring an introductory text.
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 The
Design Analysis Handbook : A Practical Guide to Design Validation (N Edward Walker)
ISBN 0750690887
If you need to create reliable, cost-effective, optimized
designs, The Design Analysis Handbook provides a practical framework for integrating quality into
the design process from start to finish.
The methodology used is called Worst Case Analysis Plus
(WCA+1), a design-validation tool that demands thoroughness and analytical thinking by the user.
There are chapters on safety, bad science and surviving
high-pressure design projects.
Processes and mathematical tools are presented in a
straightforward, real-world manner.
A book that should be on the shelf of every digital or analog electronic-system designer.
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 Handbook
of Reliability Engineering and Management (William Grant Ireson (Editor))
ISBN 0070127506
The completely updated second edition of this classic
reference offers you unsurpassed coverage of all aspects of reliability engineering and management,
including reliability issues in electronic components and systems, software, and mechanical devices.
It now includes specific information on how to design a
product for reliability; it adds the concept of process and the tools of total quality control (TQC)
to the reliability function.
Filled with applications ranging from consumer products
to high-tech systems, this indispensable handbook clearly demonstrates how reliability is a process
that can be characterized, controlled, and improved.
It provides you with a wealth of new material on the
reliability function, as well as highly effective methods and mathematics used to predict and
determine the reliability of a product.
You'll find practical information on proven industry
practices to define and achieve reliability goals, as well as the traditional mathematics of
reliability. Also included are basic tables for determining reliability, and standards and
specifications used b the U.S. Department of Defense.
Essential for all reliability engineers, product
designers, quality engineers, and engineering mathematics, this edition of the world-renowned
handbook will give you the expertise needed to define and attain optimum reliability goals for your
company's products.
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