Introduction to Reliability and Quality Control

by Bentley, John P.

• ISBN13: 9780201331325
• ISBN10: 0201331322
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Suitable for students of all engineering disciplines and professional engineers alike, this interdisciplinary and user-friendly text will enable the reader to apply the principles of quality and reliability to manufacturing processes and engineering systems.

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
Acknowledgements	x
Symbols and abbreviations	xi
Principles of quality	1	(27)
Introduction	1	(1)
The quality of a product	1	(10)
Statistical quality control, statistical process control	11	(9)
The combination of probabilities	20	(8)
Summary	25	(1)
References	25	(1)
Self-assessment questions	25	(3)
Principles of reliability	28	(17)
Introduction	28	(1)
The meaning of reliability	28	(1)
Practical reliability definitions	29	(3)
The meaning of availability	32	(1)
Instananeous failure rate and its relation to reliability	33	(2)
Typical forms of hazard rate function	35	(10)
Summary	42	(1)
Reference	42	(1)
Self-assessment questions	43	(2)
Reliability of systems	45	(25)
Introduction	45	(1)
Series systems	45	(2)
Parallel systems	47	(1)
General series - parallel systems	48	(2)
Majority parallel systems	50	(5)
Standby redundancy	55	(2)
Common mode failures	57	(4)
Availability of systems with repair	61	(5)
Fault tolerant systems	66	(4)
Summary	67	(1)
Reference	67	(1)
Self-assessment questions	67	(3)
Failure rate data and models	70	(25)
Introduction	70	(1)
Failure rate data	70	(2)
Factors influencing failure rate	72	(10)
Failure rate models	82	(1)
Calculation of equipment failure rate from component failure rate data	83	(2)
Software reliability	85	(6)
Human reliability	91	(4)
Summary	93	(1)
References	93	(1)
Self-assessment questions	93	(2)
Quality and reliability in design and manufacture	95	(42)
Introduction	95	(1)
The achievement of quality	95	(5)
Economics of quality and reliability	100	(7)
Design for quality	107	(7)
Design for reliability	114	(11)
Quality in manufacture	125	(2)
Testing of the finished product	127	(10)
Summary	133	(1)
References	133	(1)
Self-assessment questions	134	(3)
Reliability and availability in maintenance	137	(31)
Introduction	137	(1)
Economics of Maintenance	137	(7)
Breakdown maintenance	144	(7)
Preventive maintenance	151	(7)
On-condition maintenance	158	(10)
Summary	165	(1)
References	165	(1)
Self-assessment questions	166	(2)
Protective systems for hazardous processes: A case study	168	(28)
Introduction	168	(1)
The hazardous process	169	(1)
Target rate for the protective system	169	(2)
Choice of trip initiating parameters	171	(2)
Design of the protective system	173	(13)
Hazard analysis of process and protective system	186	(10)
Summary	189	(1)
References	189	(1)
Worked examples	189	(5)
Self-assessment questions	194	(2)
Appendix A: Derivation of the reliability of a standby system - cumulative Poisson distribution	196	(2)
Appendix B: Calculation of Pd, Ps and FDT systems with m oo n voting	198	(2)
Index	200