Reliability, Maintainability and Risk: Practical Methods for Engineers, Tenth Edition has taught reliability and safety engineers techniques to minimize process design, operation defects and failures for over 40 years. For beginners, the book provides tactics on how to avoid pitfalls in this complex and wide field. For experts in the field, well-described, realistic and illustrative examples and case studies add new insights and assistance. The author uses his more than 40 years of experience to create a comprehensive and detailed guide to the field, while also providing an excellent description of reliability and risk computation concepts.
The book is organized into many parts, covering reliability parameters and costs, the history of reliability and safety technology, a cost-effective approach to quality, reliability and safety, how to interpret failure rates, a focus on the prediction of reliability and risk, a discussion of design and assurance techniques, and much more.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Also by the same author - p. iii 6. Copyright - p. iii 7. Preface - p. xix 8. Acknowledgments - p. xx 9. Part 1: Understanding Reliability Parameters and Costs - p. xx 10. Chapter 1. The History of Reliability and Safety Technology - p. 3 11. Chapter 2. Understanding Terms and Jargon - p. 15 12. Chapter 3. A Cost-Effective Approach to Quality, Reliability and Safety - p. 31 13. Part 2: Interpreting Failure Rates - p. 39 14. Chapter 4. Realistic Failure Rates and Prediction Confidence - p. 43 15. Chapter 5. Interpreting Data and Demonstrating Reliability - p. 61 16. Chapter 6. Variable Failure Rates and Probability Plotting - p. 75 17. Part 3: Predicting Reliability and Risk - p. 87 18. Chapter 7. Basic Reliability Prediction Theory - p. 91 19. Chapter 8. Methods of Modeling - p. 107 20. Chapter 9. Quantifying the Reliability Models - p. 141 21. Chapter 10. Risk Assessment (QRA) - p. 169 22. Part 4: Achieving Reliability and Maintainability - p. 192 23. Chapter 11. Design and Assurance Techniques - p. 195 24. Chapter 12. Design Review, Test and Reliability Growth - p. 207 25. Chapter 13. Field Data Collection and Feedback - p. 219 26. Chapter 14. Factors Influencing Down Time - p. 233 27. Chapter 15. Predicting and Demonstrating Repair Times - p. 257 28. Chapter 16. Quantified Reliability Centered Maintenance - p. 271 29. Chapter 17. Systematic Failures, Especially Software - p. 281 30. Part 5: Legal, Management and Safety Considerations - p. 308 31. Chapter 18. Project Management and Competence - p. 311 32. Chapter 19. Contract Clauses and Their Pitfalls - p. 319 33. Chapter 20. Product Liability and Safety Legislation - p. 333 34. Chapter 21. Major Incident Legislation - p. 343 35. Chapter 22. Integrity of Safety-Related Systems - p. 357 36. Chapter 23. A Case Study: The Datamet Project - p. 371 37. Chapter 24. A Case Study: Gas Detection System - p. 377 38. Chapter 25. A Case Study: Pressure Control System - p. 383 39. Chapter 26. Helicopter Incidents and Risk Assessment - p. 391 40. Appendix 1. Glossary - p. 397 41. Appendix 2. Percentage Points of the Chi-Square Distribution - p. 408 42. Appendix 3. Microelectronic Failure Rates - p. 413 43. Appendix 4. General Failure Rates - p. 417 44. Appendix 5. Failure Mode Percentages - p. 421 45. Appendix 6. Human Error Probabilities - p. 425 46. Appendix 7. Fatality Rates - p. 429 47. Appendix 8. Answers to Exercises - p. 431 48. Appendix 9. Bibliography - p. 441 49. Appendix 10. Scoring Criteria for BETAPLUS Common Cause Model - p. 445 50. Appendix 11. Example of HAZOP - p. 451 51. Appendix 12. HAZID Checklist - p. 454 52. Appendix 13. Markov Analysis of Redundant Systems - p. 459 53. Appendix 14. Calculating the GDF - p. 465 54. Appendix 15. A Suggested “Standard” for Achieving Functional Safety - p. 467 55. Index - p. 489 56. Appendix 16 - p. 492
Reliability, Maintainability and Risk: Practical Methods for Engineers, Tenth Edition has taught reliability and safety engineers techniques to minimize process design, operation defects and failures for over 40 years. For beginners, the book provides tactics on how to avoid pitfalls in this complex and wide field. For experts in the field, well-described, realistic and illustrative examples and case studies add new insights and assistance. The author uses his more than 40 years of experience to create a comprehensive and detailed guide to the field, while also providing an excellent description of reliability and risk computation concepts.
The book is organized into many parts, covering reliability parameters and costs, the history of reliability and safety technology, a cost-effective approach to quality, reliability and safety, how to interpret failure rates, a focus on the prediction of reliability and risk, a discussion of design and assurance techniques, and much more.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Also by the same author - p. iii 6. Copyright - p. iii 7. Preface - p. xix 8. Acknowledgments - p. xx 9. Part 1: Understanding Reliability Parameters and Costs - p. xx 10. Chapter 1. The History of Reliability and Safety Technology - p. 3 11. Chapter 2. Understanding Terms and Jargon - p. 15 12. Chapter 3. A Cost-Effective Approach to Quality, Reliability and Safety - p. 31 13. Part 2: Interpreting Failure Rates - p. 39 14. Chapter 4. Realistic Failure Rates and Prediction Confidence - p. 43 15. Chapter 5. Interpreting Data and Demonstrating Reliability - p. 61 16. Chapter 6. Variable Failure Rates and Probability Plotting - p. 75 17. Part 3: Predicting Reliability and Risk - p. 87 18. Chapter 7. Basic Reliability Prediction Theory - p. 91 19. Chapter 8. Methods of Modeling - p. 107 20. Chapter 9. Quantifying the Reliability Models - p. 141 21. Chapter 10. Risk Assessment (QRA) - p. 169 22. Part 4: Achieving Reliability and Maintainability - p. 192 23. Chapter 11. Design and Assurance Techniques - p. 195 24. Chapter 12. Design Review, Test and Reliability Growth - p. 207 25. Chapter 13. Field Data Collection and Feedback - p. 219 26. Chapter 14. Factors Influencing Down Time - p. 233 27. Chapter 15. Predicting and Demonstrating Repair Times - p. 257 28. Chapter 16. Quantified Reliability Centered Maintenance - p. 271 29. Chapter 17. Systematic Failures, Especially Software - p. 281 30. Part 5: Legal, Management and Safety Considerations - p. 308 31. Chapter 18. Project Management and Competence - p. 311 32. Chapter 19. Contract Clauses and Their Pitfalls - p. 319 33. Chapter 20. Product Liability and Safety Legislation - p. 333 34. Chapter 21. Major Incident Legislation - p. 343 35. Chapter 22. Integrity of Safety-Related Systems - p. 357 36. Chapter 23. A Case Study: The Datamet Project - p. 371 37. Chapter 24. A Case Study: Gas Detection System - p. 377 38. Chapter 25. A Case Study: Pressure Control System - p. 383 39. Chapter 26. Helicopter Incidents and Risk Assessment - p. 391 40. Appendix 1. Glossary - p. 397 41. Appendix 2. Percentage Points of the Chi-Square Distribution - p. 408 42. Appendix 3. Microelectronic Failure Rates - p. 413 43. Appendix 4. General Failure Rates - p. 417 44. Appendix 5. Failure Mode Percentages - p. 421 45. Appendix 6. Human Error Probabilities - p. 425 46. Appendix 7. Fatality Rates - p. 429 47. Appendix 8. Answers to Exercises - p. 431 48. Appendix 9. Bibliography - p. 441 49. Appendix 10. Scoring Criteria for BETAPLUS Common Cause Model - p. 445 50. Appendix 11. Example of HAZOP - p. 451 51. Appendix 12. HAZID Checklist - p. 454 52. Appendix 13. Markov Analysis of Redundant Systems - p. 459 53. Appendix 14. Calculating the GDF - p. 465 54. Appendix 15. A Suggested “Standard” for Achieving Functional Safety - p. 467 55. Index - p. 489 56. Appendix 16 - p. 492
