Author：Prof.Dr.AlessandroBirolini∗
Book：ReliabilityEngineeringTheoryandPractice，Fifthedition
With140Figures,60Tables,
Thisbookshowshowtobuildin,evaluate,anddemonstratereliability&availabilityofcomponents,equipment,systems.Itpresentsthestate-of-the-artofreliabilityengineering,bothintheoryandpractice,andisbasedontheauthor’s30yearsexperienceinthisfield,halfinindustryandhalfasProfessorofReliabilityEngineeringattheETH,Zurich.
Thestructureofthebookallowsrapidaccesstopracticalresults.Besidesextensionstocostmodelsandapproximateexpressions,newinthiseditionareinvestigationsoncommoncausefailures,phased-missionsystems,availabilitydemonstrationandestimation,confidencelimitsatsystemlevel,trendtestsforearlyfailuresorwearout,aswellasareviewofmaintenancestrategies,anintroductiontoPetrinetsanddynamicFTA,andasetofproblemsforhome-work.
Methodsandtoolsaregiveninawaythattheycanbetailoredtocoverdifferentreliabilityrequirementlevelsandbeusedforsafetyanalysisaswell.Thisbookisatextbookestablishingalinkbetweentheoryandpractice,withalargenumberoftables,figures,andexamplestosupportthepracticalaspects.
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1BasicConcepts.QualityandReliabilityAssuranceofComplexEquipment&Systems..1
1.1Introduction1
1.2BasicConcepts.2
1.2.1Reliability2
1.2.2Failure.3
1.2.3FailureRate..4
1.2.4Maintenance.Maintainability8
1.2.5LogisticSupport8
1.2.6Availability..9
1.2.7Safety,Risk.andRiskAcceptance9
1.2.8Quality.11
1.2.9CostandSystemEffectiveness11
1.2.10ProductLiability15
1.2.11HistoncalDevelopment..16
1.3BasicTasks&RulesforQuality&ReliabilityAssuranceofComplexEquip.&Systems.17
1.3.1QualityandReliabilityAssuranceTasks.17
1.3.2BasicQualityandReliabilityAssuranceRules.19
1.3.3ElementsofaQualityAssuranceSystem21
1.3.4MotivationandTraining..24
2ReliabilityAnalysisDuringtheDesignPhase(NonrepairableItemsuptoSystemFailure)25
2.1Introduction25
2.2PredictedReliabilityofEquipmentandSystemswithSimpleStructure..28
2.2.1RequiredFunction28
2.2.2ReliabilityBlockDiagram.28
2.2.3OperatingConditionsatComponentLevel.StressFactors.33
2.2.4FailureRateofElectronicComponents.35
2.2.5ReliabilityofOne-ItemStructure.39
2.2.6ReliabilityofSenes-ParallelStructures.41
2.2.6.1SystemswithoutRedundancy..41
2.2.6.2ConceptofRedundancy.42
2.2.6.3ParallelModels..43
2.2.6.4Series-ParallelStructures45
2.2.6.5MajontyRedundancy47
2.2.7PartCountMethod.51
2.3ReliabilityofSystemswithComplexStmcture.52
