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Reliability, Maintainability and Risk
David J. Smith
Butterworth-Heinemann
April 2005
Paperback 368 pp ISBN 0750666943
£45.00
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- The leading reliability reference for over 30 years
- Covers all key aspects of reliability and maintenance management in an accessible way with minimal
mathematics - ideal for hands-on applications
- Four new chapters covering software failure, safety legislation, safety systems and new case studies
on reliability and risk in practice
For over 30 years, Reliability, Maintainability and Risk has been recognised as a leading text for
reliability and maintenance professionals. Now in its seventh edition, the book has been updated to
remain the first choice for professional engineers and students. The seventh edition incorporates
new material on important topics including software failure, the latest safety legislation and standards,
product liability, integrity of safety-related systems, as well as delivering an up-to-date review of the
latest approaches to reliability modelling, including cutsec ranking. It is also supported by new detailed
case studies on reliability and risk in practice.
Readership: Manufacturing & management cluster. Industrial engineers in most disciplines, with focuses
on maintenance planning, safety & systems engineering in process industries plus transportation &
energy generation sectors. The only practical guide for reliability & maintenance engineers.
Secondary readership of mechanical engineering students taking options in maintenance,
reliability, risk, management or design.
Contents
- Chapter 1 The history of reliability and safety technology
- Chapter 2 Understanding terms and jargon
- Chapter 3 A cost-effective approach to quality, reliability and safety.
- Chapter 4 Realistic failure rates and prediction confidence.
- Chapter 5 Interpreting data and demonstrating reliability
- Chapter 6 Variable failure ratesand probability plotting
- Chapter 7 Essential reliability theory
- Chapter 8 Methods of modelling (New chapter)
- Chapter 9 Quantifying the reliability models (New chapter)
- Chapter 10 QRA
- Chapter 11 Design and assurance techniques
- Chapter 12 Design review and test
- Chapter 13 Field data collection and feedback
- Chapter 14 Factors influencing down time
- Chapter 15 Predicting and demonstrating repair times
- Chapter 16 QRCM
- Chapter 17 Software quality/reliability
- Chapter 18 Project management
- Chapter 19 Contract clauses
- Chapter 20 Product liability and safety legislation
- Chapter 21 Major incident legislation
- Chapter 22 Integrity of safety-related systems
- Chapter 23 Case Studies
- Appendices
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