Introduction to Reliability Engineering, 2nd Edition

by Lewis, E. E.

• ISBN13: 9780471018339
• ISBN10: 0471018333
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-11-15
• Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

Using an interdisciplinary perspective, this outstanding book provides an introduction to the theory and practice of reliability engineering. This revised edition contains a number of improvements: new material on quality-related methodologies, inclusion of spreadsheet solutions for certain examples, a more detailed treatment which ties the load-capacity approach to reliability to failure rate methodology; a new section dealing with safety hazards of products and equipment.

Author Biography

E. E. Lewis is the author of Introduction to Reliability Engineering, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(9)
Reliability Defined	1	(1)
Performance, Cost and Reliability	2	(2)
Quality, Reliability and Safety	4	(4)
Preview	8	(2)
Probability And Sampling	10	(30)
Introduction	10	(1)
Probability Concepts	10	(7)
Probability Axioms	11	(2)
Combinations of Events	13	(4)
Discrete Random Variables	17	(8)
Properties of Discrete Variables	18	(3)
The Binomial Distribution	21	(3)
The Poisson Distribution	24	(1)
Attribute Sampling	25	(5)
Sampling Distribution	26	(2)
Confidence Intervals	28	(2)
Acceptance Testing	30	(10)
Binomial Sampling	31	(1)
The Poisson Limit	32	(1)
Multiple Sampling Methods	33	(7)
Continuous Random Variables	40	(28)
Introduction	40	(1)
Properties of Random Variables	40	(8)
Probability Distribution Functions	41	(2)
Characteristics of a Probability Distribution	43	(3)
Transformations of Variables	46	(2)
Normal and Related Distributions	48	(9)
The Normal Distribution	48	(4)
The Dirac Delta Distribution	52	(1)
The Lognormal Distribution	53	(4)
Weibull and Extreme Value Distributions	57	(11)
Weibull Distribution	57	(2)
Extreme Value Distributions	59	(9)
Quality And Its Measures	68	(34)
Quality and Reliability	68	(2)
The Taguchi Methodology	70	(18)
Quality Loss Measures	71	(5)
Robust Design	76	(5)
The Design of Experiments	81	(7)
The Six Sigma Methodology	88	(14)
Process Capability Indices	89	(3)
Yield and System Complexity	92	(2)
Six Sigma Criteria	94	(2)
Implementation	96	(6)
Data And Distributions	102	(36)
Introduction	102	(1)
Nonparametric Methods	103	(5)
Histograms	104	(2)
Sample Statistics	106	(1)
Rank Statistics	107	(1)
Probability Plotting	108	(12)
Least Squares Fit	111	(2)
Weibull Distribution Plotting	113	(1)
Extreme Value Distribution Plotting	114	(2)
Normal Distribution Plotting	116	(2)
Lognormal Distribution Plotting	118	(2)
Goodness-of-Fit	120	(1)
Point and Interval Estimates	120	(10)
Estimate of the Mean	124	(1)
Normal and Lognormal Parameters	125	(2)
Extreme Value and Weibull Parameters	127	(3)
Statistical Process Control	130	(8)
Reliability And Rates Of Failure	138	(37)
Introduction	138	(1)
Reliability Characterization	139	(6)
Basic Definitions	139	(3)
The Bathtub Curve	142	(3)
Constant Failure Rate Model	145	(6)
The Exponential Distribution	146	(1)
Demand Failures	147	(3)
Time Determinations	150	(1)
Time-Dependent Failure Rates	151	(8)
The Normal Distribution	153	(1)
The Lognormal Distribution	154	(2)
The Weibull Distribution	156	(3)
Component Failures and Failure Modes	159	(4)
Failure Mode Rates	159	(2)
Component Counts	161	(2)
Replacements	163	(12)
Loads, Capacity, And Reliability	175	(33)
Introduction	175	(2)
Reliability with a Single Loading	177	(5)
Load Application	177	(2)
Definitions	179	(3)
Reliability and Safety Factors	182	(9)
Normal Distributions	183	(5)
Lognormal Distributions	188	(1)
Combined Distributions	189	(2)
Repetitive Loading	191	(5)
Loading Variability	191	(3)
Variable Capacity	194	(2)
The Bathtub Curve---Reconsidered	196	(12)
Single Failure Modes	197	(3)
Combined Failure Modes	200	(8)
Reliability Testing	208	(44)
Introduction	208	(2)
Reliability Enhancement Procedures	210	(5)
Reliability Growth Testing	211	(2)
Environmental Stress Testing	213	(2)
Nonparametric Methods	215	(4)
Ungrouped Data	216	(2)
Grouped Data	218	(1)
Censored Testing	219	(8)
Singly Censored Data	220	(1)
Multiply Censored Data	221	(6)
Accelerated Life Testing	227	(9)
Compressed-Time Testing	227	(3)
Advanced-Stress Testing	230	(5)
Acceleration Models	235	(1)
Constant Failure Rate Estimates	236	(16)
Censoring on the Right	237	(2)
MTTF Estimates	239	(2)
Confidence Intervals	241	(11)
Redundancy	252	(38)
Introduction	252	(2)
Active and Standby Redundancy	254	(4)
Active Parallel	254	(1)
Standby Parellel	255	(1)
Constant Failure Rate Models	255	(3)
Redundancy Limitations	258	(6)
Common Mode Failures	258	(2)
Load Sharing	260	(2)
Switching and Standby Failures	262	(1)
Cold, Warm, and Hot Standby	263	(1)
Multiply Redundant Systems	264	(6)
l/N Active Redundancy	264	(3)
l/N Standby Redundancy	267	(1)
m/N Active Redundancy	268	(2)
Redundancy Allocation	270	(8)
High-and Low-Level Redundancy	272	(2)
Fail-Safe and Fail-to-Danger	274	(2)
Voting Systems	276	(2)
Redundancy in Complex Configurations	278	(12)
Series-Parallel Configurations	279	(2)
Linked Configurations	281	(9)
Maintained Systems	290	(36)
Introduction	290	(1)
Preventive Maintenance	291	(9)
Idealized Maintenance	291	(5)
Imperfect Maintenance	296	(3)
Redundant Components	299	(1)
Corrective Maintenance	300	(3)
Availability	300	(1)
Maintainability	301	(2)
Repair: Revealed Failures	303	(5)
Constant Repair Rates	304	(3)
Constant Repair Times	307	(1)
Testing and Repair: Unrevealed Failures	308	(5)
Idealized Periodic Tests	309	(2)
Real Periodic Tests	311	(2)
System Availability	313	(13)
Revealed Failures	314	(3)
Unrevealed Failures	317	(9)
Failure Interactions	326	(35)
Introduction	326	(1)
Markov Analysis	326	(8)
Two Independent Components	328	(3)
Load-Sharing Systems	331	(3)
Reliability with Standby Systems	334	(10)
Idealized System	334	(3)
Failures in the Standby State	337	(2)
Switching Failures	339	(3)
Primary System Repair	342	(2)
Multicomponent Systems	344	(5)
Multicomponent Markov Formulations	345	(3)
Combinations of Subsystems	348	(1)
Availability	349	(12)
Standby Redundancy	350	(4)
Shared Repair Crews	354	(7)
System Safety Analysis	361	(64)
Introduction	361	(1)
Product and Equipment Hazards	362	(4)
Human Error	366	(6)
Routine Operations	368	(2)
Emergency Operations	370	(2)
Methods of Analysis	372	(5)
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis	372	(2)
Event Trees	374	(2)
Fault Trees	376	(1)
Fault-Tree Construction	377	(12)
Nomenclature	379	(3)
Fault Classification	382	(1)
Examples	383	(6)
Direct Evaluation of Fault Trees	389	(7)
Qualitative Evaluation	391	(2)
Quantitative Evaluation	393	(3)
Fault-Tree Evaluation by Cut Sets	396	(12)
Qualitative Analysis	396	(4)
Quantitative Analysis	400	(8)
APPENDICES
A Useful Mathematical Relationships	408	(3)
B Binomial Sampling Charts	411	(4)
C Standard Normal CDF	415	(2)
D Probability Graph Papers	417	(8)
Answers To Odd-Numbered Exercises	425	(4)
Index	429