Reliability, Maintainability and Risk

Practical Methods for Engineers including Reliability Centred Maintenance and Safety-Related Systems

David J. Smith - Collection Engineering

346 pages, parution le 09/05/2005 (7^eme édition)

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For over 30 years, the leading practical guide for risk, reliability and maintenance professionals

Now in its seventh edition, Reliability, Maintainability and Risk continues to provide a clear introduction for all engineers working in areas of risk, maintenance and reliability. This updated edition incorporates new material on important topics including software failure, the latest safety legislation and standards, product liability and integrity of safety-related systems, as well as covering recent changes in the approach to reliability modelling. It is also supported by topical and detailed case studies on reliability and risk based on the author's extensive experience.

The leading reliability reference for over 30 years
Covers all key aspects of reliability and risk in an accessible way - ideal for hands-on applications
Includes new material on software failure, safety legislation, redundancy modelling, safety systems and new case studies on reliability and risk in practice

Dealing with all aspects of reliability, maintainability and safety-related failures in a proven simple and straightforward way, the book pre-supposes no prior knowledge of the subject and deals realistically with numerical data, making predictions using the minimum of mathematics and technical jargon.

L'auteur - David J. Smith

Dr David J. Smith has written seven successful works on reliability, quality, maintainability, software and statistics and is past President of the Safety and Reliability Society. He is a leader in this field and has been involved in the telecommunications, electronics and oil and gas industries for over 30 years. He is well known for his many courses and workshops on reliability engineering and software quality.

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Preface
Acknowledgements
Understanding Reliability Parameters and Costs
- The history of reliability and safety technology
- Understanding terms and jargon
- A cost-effective approach to quality, reliability and safety
Interpreting Failure Rates
- Realistic failure rates and prediction confidence
- Interpreting data and demonstrating reliability
- Variable failure rates and probability plotting
Predicting Reliability and Risk
- Basic reliability prediction theory
- Methods of modelling
- Quantifying the reliability models
- Risk assessment (QRA)
Achieving Reliability and Maintainability
- Design and assurance techniques
- Design review and test
- Field data collection and feedback
- Factors influencing down time
- Predicting and demonstrating repair times
- Quantified reliability centred maintenance
- Systematic failures, especially software
Legal, Management and Safety Considerations
- Project management
- Contract clauses and their pitfalls
- Product liability and safety legislation
- Major incident legislation
- Integrity of safety-related systems
- A case study: The Datamet Project
- A case study: Gas Detection System
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
Appendix 6: Human error rates
Appendix 7: Fatality rates
Appendix 8: Answers to exercises
Appendix 9: Bibliography
Appendix 10: Scoring criteria for BETAPLUS common cause model
Appendix 11: Example of HAZOP
Appendix 12: HAZID checklist
Appendix 13: Markov analysis of redundant systems
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Elsevier
Auteur(s)	David J. Smith
Collection	Engineering
Parution	09/05/2005
Édition	7^eme édition
Nb. de pages	346
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	715g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780750666947
ISBN13	978-0-7506-6694-7