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Now revised and updated, this book lays out both the theoretical foundations and practical applications of reliability engineering, describing the theory followed by real-world examples, problems for readers to solve, and description of the theory's practical use. The book is accompanied by Reliability Analysis Software, which provides useful tools for reliability estimation, failure time distributions, and a wide range of accelerated life models. Examples and problems follow theoretical developments, ensuring this useful book as a comprehensiv... MOREe reference for practitioners, professionals, and students in the quality and reliability engineering area.

A newly revised and updated edition that details both the theoretical foundations and practical applications of reliability engineering Reliability is one of the most important quality characteristics of components, products, and large and complex systems-but it takes a significant amount of time and resources to bring reliability to fruition. Thoroughly classroom- and industry-tested, this book helps ensure that engineers see reliability success with every product they design, test, and manufacture. Divided into three parts, Reliability Engineering, Second Edition handily describes the theories and their practical uses while presenting readers with real-world examples and problems to solve. Part I focuses on system reliability estimation for time independent and failure dependent models, helping engineers create a reliable design. Part II aids the reader in assembling necessary components and configuring them to achieve desired reliability objectives, conducting reliability tests on components, and using field data from similar components. Part III follows what happens once a product is produced and sold, how the manufacturer must ensure its reliability objectives by providing preventive and scheduled maintenance and warranty policies. This Second Edition includes in-depth and enhanced chapter coverage of: Reliability and Hazard Functions System Reliability Evaluation Time- and Failure-Dependent Reliability Estimation Methods of the Parameters of Failure-Time Distributions Parametric Reliability Models Models for Accelerated Life Testing Renewal Processes and Expected Number of Failures Preventive Maintenance and Inspection Warranty Models Case Studies A comprehensive reference for practitioners and professionals in quality and reliability engineering, Reliability Engineering can also be used for senior undergraduate or graduate courses in industrial and systems, mechanical, and electrical engineering programs.

Preface	p. xi
Prelude	p. xiv
Reliability and Hazard Functions	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Reliability Definition and Estimation	p. 3
Hazard Functions	p. 15
Multivariate Hazard Rate	p. 55
Competing Risk Model and Mixture of Failure Rates	p. 59
Discrete Probability Distributions	p. 64
Mean Time to Failure	p.... MORE 67
Mean Residual Life (MRL)	p. 70
Time of First Failure 71 Problems	p. 73
References	p. 85
System Reliability Evaluation	p. 87
Introduction	p. 87
Reliability Block Diagrams	p. 87
Series Systems	p. 91
Parallel Systems	p. 93
Parallel-Series, Series-Parallel, and Mixed-Parallel Systems	p. 95
Consecutive-k-out-of-n: F System	p. 104
Reliability of k-out-of-n Systems	p. 113
Reliability of k-out-of-n Balanced Systems	p. 115
Complex Reliability Systems	p. 117
Special Networks	p. 131
Multistate Models	p. 132
Redundancy	p. 138
Importance Measures of Components	p. 142
Problems	p. 154
References	p. 167
Time-And Failure-Dependent Reliability	p. 170
Introduction	p. 170
Nonrepairable Systems	p. 170
Mean Time to FaUure (MTTF)	p. 178
Repairable Systems	p. 187
Availability	p. 198
Dependent Failures	p. 207
Redundancy and Standby	p. 212
Problems	p. 222
References	p. 231
Estimation Methods of the Parameters of Failure-Time Distributions	p. 233
Introduction	p. 233
Method of Moments	p. 234
The Likelihood Function	p. 241
Method of Least Squares	p. 256
Bayesian Approach	p. 261
Generation of Failure-Time Data	p. 265
Problems	p. 267
References	p. 272
Parametric Reliability Models	p. 273
Introduction	p. 273
Approach 1: Historical Data	p. 273
Approach 2: Operational Life Testing	p. 274
Approach 3: Burn-In Testing	p. 275
Approach 4: Accelerated Life Testing	p. 275
Types of Censoring	p. 277
The Exponential Distribution	p. 279
The Rayleigh Distribution	p. 294
The Weibull Distribution	p. 302
Lognormal Distribution	p. 314
The Gamma Distribution	p. 321
The Extreme Value Distribution	p. 329
The Half-Logistic Distribution	p. 331
Frechet Distribution	p. 338
Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution	p. 341
Linear Models	p. 344
Multicensored Data	p. 346
Problems	p. 351
References	p. 361
Models for Accelerated Ufe Testing	p. 364
Introduction	p. 364
Types of Reliability Testing	p. 365
Accelerated Life Testing	p. 368
ALT Models	p. 372
Statistics-Based Models: Nonparametric	p. 386
Physics-Statistics-Based Models	p. 404
Physics-Experimental-Based Models	p. 412
Degradation Models	p. 415
Statistical Degradation Models	p. 419
Accelerated Life Testing Plans	p. 421
Problems	p. 425
References	p. 436
Renewal Processes and Expected Number of Failures	p. 440
Introduction	p. 440
Parametric Renewal Function Estimation	p. 441
Nonparametric Renewal Function Estimation	p. 455
Alternating Renewal Process	p. 465
Approximations of M(t)	p. 468
Other Types of Renewal Processes	p. 469
The Variance of Number of Renewals	p. 471
Confidence Intervals for the Renewal Function	p. 477
Remaining Life at Time T	p. 479
Poisson Processes	p. 481
Laplace Transform and Random Variables	p. 485
Problems	p. 487
References	p. 494
Preventive Maintenance and Inspection	p. 496
Introduction	p. 496
Preventive Maintenance and Replacement Models: Cost Minimization	p. 497
Preventive Maintenance and Replacement Models: Downtime Minimization	p. 506
Minimal Repair Models	p. 509
Optimum Replacement Intervals for Systems Subject to Shocks	p. 513
Preventive Maintenance and Number of Spares	p. 517
Group Maintenance	p. 524
Periodic Inspection	p. 527
Condition-Based Maintenance	p. 535
Online Surveillance and Monitoring	p. 537
Problems	p. 542
References	p. 548
Warranty Models	p. 551
Introduction	p. 551
Warranty Models for Nonrepairable Products	p. 553
Warranty Models for Repairable Products	p. 574
Two-Dimensional Warranty	p. 588
Warranty Claims	p. 590
Problems	p. 597
References	p. 601
Case Studies	p. 603
Case 1: A Crane Spreader Subsystem	p. 603
Case 2: Design of a Production Line	p. 609
Case 3: An Explosive Detection System	p. 617
Case 4: Reliability of Furnace Tubes	p. 623
Case 5: Reliability of Smart Cards	p. 629
Case 6: Life Distribution of Survivors of Qualification and Certification	p. 632
Case 7: Reliability Modeling of Telecommunication Networks for the Air Traffic Control System	p. 639
Case 8: System Design Using Reliability Objectives	p. 648
Case 9: Reliability Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Pumps	p. 658
References	p. 663
Appendices
Gamma Table	p. 667
Computer Program to Calculate the Reliability of a Consecuttve-2-Out-Of-N:F System	p. 674
Optimum Arrangement of Components in Consecuttve-2-Out-Of-N:F Systems	p. 676
Computer Program for Solving the Time-Dependent Equations Using Runge-Kutta's Method	p. 682
The Newton-Raphson Method	p. 684
Coefficients of b_i's For i = 1, …, n	p. 689
Variance of �₂^s in Terms of �₂²/n and K₃/K₂^	p. 716
Computer Listing of the Newton-Raphson Method	p. 722
Coefficients (a_i and b_i of the Best Estimates of the Mean (�) And Standard Deviation (�) in Censored Samples Up to n = 20 From a Normal Population	p. 724
Baker's Algorithm	p. 737
Standard Normal Distribution	p. 741
Critical Values of X²	p. 747
Solutions of Selected Problems	p. 750
Author Index	p. 759
Subject Index	p. 764
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Elsayed A. Elsayed, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers University, and the Director of the NSF/Industry/University Co-operative Research Center for Quality and Reliability Engineering. He is the recipient of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Fellow Award, an ASME Fellow, the Senior Fulbright Award, and the 2011 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award. He is a coauthor of Quality Engineering in Production Systems and the author of Reliability Engineering, which received the 1990 and 1997 IIE/Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award respectively.

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