Systems reliability and failure prevention /

Systems reliability and failure prevention /

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Author / Creator:Hecht, Herbert.
Imprint:Boston, MA : Artech House, 2004.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 230 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Artech House technology management and professional development library
Artech House technology management and professional development library.
Subject:
Reliability (Engineering)
Reliability (Engineering)
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11133071
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ISBN:1580537952
9781580537957
1580533728
9781580533720
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Annotation This timely resource offers engineers and managers a comprehensive, unified treatment of the techniques and practice of systems reliability and failure prevention, without the use of advanced mathematics.
Other form:Print version: Hecht, Herbert. Systems reliability and failure prevention. Boston, MA : Artech House, 2004 1580533728
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Essentials of Reliability Engineering
  • 2.1. The Exponential Distribution
  • 2.2. Parameter Estimation
  • 2.3. Reliability Block Diagrams
  • 2.4. State Transition Methods
  • 2.5. The Devil Is In the Details
  • 2.5.1. Numerator of the Failure Rate Expression
  • 2.5.2. Denominator of the Failure Rate Expression
  • 2.5.3. Repair Rate Formulations
  • 2.6. Chapter Summary
  • References
  • 3. Organizational Causes of Failures
  • 3.1. Failures Are Not Inevitable
  • 3.2. Thoroughly Documented Failures
  • 3.2.1. Mars Spacecraft Failures
  • 3.2.2. Space Shuttle Columbia Accident
  • 3.2.3. Chernobyl
  • 3.2.4. Aviation Accidents
  • 3.2.5. Telecommunications
  • 3.3. Common Threads
  • References
  • 4. Analytical Approaches to Failure Prevention
  • 4.1. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
  • 4.1.1. Overview of FMEA Worksheets
  • 4.1.2. Organization of an FMEA Report
  • 4.1.3. Alternative FMEA Approaches
  • 4.1.4. FMEA as a Plan for Action
  • 4.2. Sneak Circuit Analysis
  • 4.2.1. Basics of SCA
  • 4.2.2. Current SCA Techniques
  • 4.3. Fault Tree Analysis
  • 4.3.1. Basics of FTA
  • 4.3.2. Example of FTA
  • 4.4. Chapter Summary
  • References
  • 5. Testing to Prevent Failures
  • 5.1. Reliability Demonstration
  • 5.2. Design Margins
  • 5.3. Reliability Relevance of Tests During Development
  • 5.4. Reliability Relevance of Postdevelopment Tests
  • 5.5. In-Service Testing
  • 5.6. Chapter Summary
  • References
  • 6. Redundancy Techniques
  • 6.1. Introduction to Redundancy at the Component Level
  • 6.2. Dual Redundancy
  • 6.2.1. Static and Dynamic Redundancy
  • 6.2.2. Identical Versus Diverse Alternates
  • 6.2.3. Active Versus Dormant Alternates
  • 6.3. Triple Redundancy
  • 6.3.1. TMR
  • 6.3.2. Pair-and-Spare Redundancy
  • 6.4. Higher-Order Redundant Configurations
  • 6.5. Other Forms of Redundancy
  • 6.5.1. Temporal Redundancy
  • 6.5.2. Analytical Redundancy
  • 6.6. Chapter Summary
  • References
  • 7. Software Reliability
  • 7.1. The Nature and Statistical Measures of Software Failures
  • 7.2. Software Testing
  • 7.3. Failure Prevention Practices
  • 7.3.1. Requirements
  • 7.3.2. Test
  • 7.3.3. UML-Based Software Development
  • 7.4. Software Fault Tolerance
  • 7.5. Software Reliability Models
  • 7.6. Chapter Summary
  • References
  • 8. Failure Prevention in the Life Cycle
  • 8.1. Life-Cycle Format and Terminology
  • 8.2. Reliability Issues in Life-Cycle Phases
  • 8.3. The Reliability Program Plan
  • 8.4. Reviews and Audits
  • 8.5. Monitoring of Critical Items
  • 8.5.1. Monitoring Purchased Items
  • 8.5.2. In-House Monitoring for Reliability Attainment
  • 8.6. Chapter Summary
  • References
  • 9. Cost of Failure and Failure Prevention
  • 9.1. Optimum Reliability
  • 9.2. Time Considerations of Expenditures
  • 9.3. Estimation of Cost Elements
  • 9.4. A Generic Cost of Reliability Model
  • 9.5. Chapter Summary
  • References
  • 10. Cost Trade-offs
  • 10.1. Reliability Improvement to Meet QoS Requirements
  • 10.1.1. Analysis of the Commercial Power Supply
  • 10.1.2. Server Equipment Availability
  • 10.2. Increasing Maintenance Effectiveness
  • 10.3. Replacement of Communication Satellites
  • 10.4. Chapter Summary
  • References
  • 11. Applications
  • 11.1. Power Supply for Ground Communications
  • 11.1.1. Framework for Power Supply Selection
  • 11.1.2. Power Supply Alternatives
  • 11.1.3. Evaluation of Alternatives
  • 11.2. Reliability of Aircraft Electronics Bay
  • 11.2.1. Primary Power Supply
  • 11.2.2. Safety Critical Loads
  • 11.2.3. Partial Improvement of a Function
  • 11.3. Spacecraft Attitude Determination
  • 11.3.1. Orthogonal Gyro Configurations
  • 11.3.2. Nonorthogonal Gyro Orientation
  • 11.4. Chapter Summary
  • Reference
  • About the Author
  • Index

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