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Summary

Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety in Engineering Design studies the combination of various methods of designing for reliability, availability, maintainability and safety, as well as the latest techniques in probability and possibility modelling, mathematical algorithmic modelling, evolutionary algorithmic modelling, symbolic logic modelling, artificial intelligence modelling, and object-oriented computer modelling, in a logically structured approach to determining the integrity of engineering design.Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety in Engineering Design not only encompasses a depth of research into engineering design methods and techniques ranging from quantitative probability theory and expert judgement in Bayesian analysis to qualitative possibility theory, fuzzy logic and uncertainty in Markov analysis; from reliability block diagrams, fault trees, event trees and cause-consequence diagrams to Petri nets, genetic algorithms and artificial neural networks; but it also covers a breadth of research into the concept of integrity in engineering design. Such breadth of research is represented by the inclusion of the topics of reliability and performance, availability and maintainability, and safety and risk, in an overall concept of designing for integrity during the different phases of the engineering design process. These topics add significant value to the theoretical expertise and practical experience of process, chemical, civil, mechanical, electrical, and electronic engineers, by considering process engineering design from the point of view of "what should be achieved" to meet criteria for designing for reliability, availability, maintainability and safety.

Author Biography

Dr Frederick Rudolph Stapelberg is a registered professional engineer, also holding a Doctorate in Business Administration. He is currently Director for the engineering consultancy Industrial Consulting Services (ICS). In addition, Dr Stapelberg is Adjunct Professor to the Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Management at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia and is a member of the executive management team for the Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Engineering Asset Management.

Engineering Design Integrity Overview
Design Integrity Methodology	p. 3
Designing for Integrity	p. 4
Development and Scope of Design Integrity Theory	p. 12
Designing for Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety	p. 14
Artificial Intelligence in Design	p. 21
Development of Models and AIB Methodology	p. 22
Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design	p. 25
Design Integrity and Automation	p. 33
Industry Perception and Related Research	p. 34
Industry Perception	p. 34
Related Research	p. 35
Intelligent Design Systems	p. 37
The Future of Intelligent Design Systems	p. 37
Design Automation and Evaluation Design Automation	p. 38
Engineering Design Integrity Application
Reliability and Performance in Engineering Design	p. 43
Introduction	p. 43
Theoretical Overview of Reliability and Performance in Engineering Design	p. 45
Theoretical Overview of Reliability and Performance Prediction in Conceptual Design	p. 60
Theoretical Overview of Reliability Assessment in Preliminary Design	p. 72
Theoretical Overview of Reliability Evaluation in Detail Design	p. 90
Analytic Development of Reliability and Performance in Engineering Design	p. 107
Analytic Development of Reliability and Performance Prediction in Conceptual Design	p. 107
Analytic Development of Reliability Assessment in Preliminary Design	p. 133
Analytic Development of Reliability Evaluation in Detail Design	p. 190
Application Modelling of Reliability and Performance in Engineering Design	p. 241
The RAMS Analysis Application Model	p. 242
Evaluation of Modelling Results	p. 271
Application Modelling Outcome	p. 285
Review Exercises and References	p. 288
Availability and Maintainability in Engineering Design	p. 295
Introduction	p. 296
Theoretical Overview of Availability and Maintainability in Engineering Design	p. 302
Theoretical Overview of Availability and Maintainability Prediction in Conceptual Design	p. 308
Theoretical Overview of Availability and Maintainability Assessment in Preliminary Design	p. 349
Theoretical Overview of Availability and Maintainability Evaluation in Detail Design	p. 385
Analytic Development of Availability and Maintainability in Engineering Design	p. 415
Analytic Development of Availability and Maintainability Prediction in Conceptual Design	p. 416
Analytic Development of Availability and Maintainability Assessment in Preliminary Design	p. 436
Analytic Development of Availability and Maintainability Evaluation in Detail Design	p. 456
Application Modelling of Availability and Maintainability in Engineering Design	p. 486
Process Equipment Models (PEMs)	p. 486
Evaluation of Modelling Results	p. 500
Application Modelling Outcome	p. 518
Review Exercises and References	p. 520
Safety and Risk in Engineering Design	p. 529
Introduction	p. 530
Theoretical Overview of Safety and Risk in Engineering Design	p. 537
Forward Search Techniques for Safety in Engineering Design	p. 541
Theoretical Overview of Safety and Risk Prediction in Conceptual Design	p. 588
Theoretical Overview of Safety and Risk Assessment in Preliminary Design	p. 607
Theoretical Overview of Safety and Risk Evaluation in Detail Design	p. 627
Analytic Development of Safety and Risk in Engineering Design	p. 676
Analytic Development of Safety and Risk Prediction in Conceptual Design	p. 678
Analytic Development of Safety and Risk Assessment in Preliminary Design	p. 687
Analytic Development of Safety and Risk Evaluation in Detail Design	p. 702
Application Modelling of Safety and Risk in Engineering Design	p. 725
Artificial Intelligence-Based (AIB) Blackboard Model	p. 726
Evaluation of Modelling Results	p. 776
Application Modelling Outcome	p. 790
Review Exercises and References	p. 791
Design Engineer's Scope of Work	p. 799
Bibliography of Selected Literature	p. 807
Index	p. 811
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