Life Cycle Reliability Engineering

by Yang, Guang

• ISBN13: 9780471715290
• ISBN10: 0471715298
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-02
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

As the Lead Reliability Engineer for Ford Motor Company, Guangbin Yang is involved with all aspects of the design and production of complex automotive systems. Focusing on real-world problems and solutions, Life Cycle Reliability Engineering covers the gamut of the techniques used for reliability assurance throughout a product's life cycle. Yang pulls real-world examples from his work and other industries to explain the methods of robust design (designing reliability into a product or system ahead of time), statistical and real product testing, software testing, and ultimately verification and warranting of the final product's reliability

Author Biography

DR. GUANGBIN YANG is a Reliability Technical Expert at Ford Motor Company. He is Chair of the Automotive Systems Committee of the IEEE Reliability Society and was the recipient of the Society's Engineer of the Year Award for 2002.?A recognized leader in areas of reliability and quality, he has published numerous articles in technical journals.

Table of Contents

Preface

Reliability Engineering and Product Life Cycle

Reliability Engineering

Product Life Cycle

Integration of Reliability Engineering into Product Life Cycle

Reliability in Concurrent Product Realization Process.Problems

Reliability Definition, Metrics and Product Life Distributions

Introduction

Reliability Definition

Reliability Metrics

Exponential Distribution

Weibull Distribution

Mixed Weibull Distribution

Smallest Extreme Value Distribution

Normal Distribution

Lognormal distribution

Problems

Reliability Planning and Specification

Introduction

Understanding Customer Expectations and Satisfaction

Setting Reliability Requirements

Reliability Program Development

Reliability Design and Design for Six Sigma.Problems

System Reliability Evaluation and Allocation

Introduction

Reliability Block Diagram

Series Systems

Parallel Systems

Mixed Configurations

k-out-of-n Systems

Redundant Systems

Reliability Evaluation of Complex Systems

Confidence Intervals for System Reliability

Measures of Component Importance

Reliability Allocation

Problems

Reliability Improvement Through Robust Design

Introduction

Reliability and Robustness

Reliability Degradation and Quality Loss

Robust Design Process

Boundary Definition and Interaction Analysis

P-Diagram

Noise Effects Management

Design of Experiments

Experimental Life Data Analysis

Experimental Degradation Data Analysis

Design Optimization

Robust Reliability Design of Diagnostic Systems

A Case Study

Advanced Topics on Robust Design

Appendix: Orthogonal Arrays, Linear Graphs and Interaction Tables

Problems

Potential Failure Mode Avoidance

Introduction

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

Advanced Topics on FMEA

Fault Tree Analysis

Advanced Topics on FTA

Computer-Aided Design Controls

Problems

Accelerated Life Tests

Introduction

Development of Test Plans

Common Stresses and Their Effects

Life-Stress Relationships

Graphical Reliability Estimation at Individual Test Conditions

Analytical Reliability Estimation at Individual Test Conditions

Reliability Estimation at Use Condition

Compromise Test Plans

Highly Accelerated Life Tests

Problems

Degradation Testing and Analysis

Introduction

Determination of Critical Performance Characteristic

Reliability Estimation from Pseudo Life

Degradation Analysis with Random-Effect Models

Degradation Analysis for Destructive Inspections

Stress-Accelerated Degradation Tests

Accelerated Degradation Tests with Tightened Thresholds

Accelerated Degradation Test Planning

Problems

Reliability Verification Testing

Introduction

Planning Reliability Verification Tests

Bogey Testing

Sample Size Reduction by Tail-Testing

Sequential Life Testing

Reliability Verification Using Prior Information

Reliability Verification Through Degradation

Testing

Problems

Stress Screening

Introduction

Concept of Screening Techniques

Design of Screen Plans

Principle of Degradation Screening

Part-Level Degradation Screening

Module-Level Screening

Module Reliability Modeling

Cost Modeling

Optimal Screen Plans

Problems

Warran

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