Reliability, Maintenance and Safety Engineering | by A.K. Gupta | 2009 | ISBN: 9788131805213. Reliability Prediction and Analysis. System Reliability Models. Reliability Life Testing. Maintenance Resources Planning and Control. Inventory Control Approaches. Total Productive Maintenance

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Reliability, Maintenance and Safety Engineering

by A.K. Gupta
2009 (444 pages)
ISBN:9788131805213

Highlighting an integrated approach for achieving optimum product reliability and managing physical assets, this book illustrates how the implementation of a combination of engineering and management concepts is of paramount importance.

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Reliability, Maintenance and Safety Engineering







Preface




Chapter 1 – Reliability and its Management
1.1: Introduction
1.2: History
1.3: Definition of Reliability
1.4: Reliability Concepts and Patterns of Failure
1.5: Variation in Engineering
1.6: Reliability Management
1.7: Reliability for System Effectiveness
Self-Assessment Questions

Chapter 2 – Reliability Mathematics
2.1: Introduction
2.2: Sets and Boolean Algebra
2.3: Probability Concepts
2.4: Calculus of Probability
2.5: Frequency Distributions and Measures of Location
2.6: Random Variable and Probability Distributions
2.7: Empirical Distribution
2.8: Joint and Marginal Distributions
2.9: Cumulative Distribution Functions
2.10: Estimation
2.11: Goodness-of-Fit Tests
Self-Assessment Questions

Chapter 3 – Failure Statistics, Reliability and Hazard Rates
3.1: Introduction
3.2: Failure Data
3.3: Reliability Function
3.4: The Expected Life
3.5: Failure Rate and Hazard Function
3.6: Reliability and Hazard Function for Distribution Functions
3.7: Product Life and Hazard Models
3.8: Hazard, Failure and Reliability Functions from Empirical Data
3.9: Model Selection for Component Failures
3.10: Methods of Generic Failure Rate Determination
3.11: Failure Analysis
Self-Assessment Questions

Chapter 4 – Markov Chains
4.1: Introduction
4.2: Chapman-Kolmogorov Equations
4.3: Classification of States
4.4: Limiting Probabilities
4.5: Time Reversible Markov Chains
4.6: Markov Decision Processes
4.7: Continuous-Time Markov Chains
4.8: Birth and Death Processes
Self-Assessment Questions





Chapter 5 – Reliability Prediction and Analysis
5.1: Introduction
5.2: Reliability Prediction Based on Exponential Distribution
5.3: Reliability Prediction During Design Based on Weibull Distribution
5.4: Method of Reliability Prediction
5.5: System Reliability Models
5.6: Fault Analysis
5.7: Tribological Analysis
5.8: Ferrographs
5.9: Failure Mechanisms
5.10: Master Logic Diagram
5.11: Prediction in Perspective
Self-Assessment Questions

Chapter 6 – Reliability Design
6.1: Introduction
6.2: Design for Reliability
6.3: The Design Process
6.4: Assessment Methodology
6.5: Stress-Strength Time Models
6.6: Reliability of the System
6.7: Reliability Based Design
6.8: Terotechnology and Trends in Design
6.9: Reliability Allocation
6.10: Reliability Effort Function
6.11: Reliability Improvement
6.12: Reliability Growth
6.13: Selection of Components to Improve System Reliability
Self-Assessment Questions




Chapter 7 – Reliability Testing
7.1: Introduction
7.2: Reliability Tests
7.3: Reliability Life Testing
7.4: Burn-In Test
7.5: Acceptance Test
7.6: Sequential Testing
7.7: Accelerated Testing
7.8: Success-Failure Testing
7.9: Experimental Design
7.10: Automatic Test Equipment
7.11: Failure Reporting and Corrective Action Systems (Fracas)
7.12: Demonstration Tests
Self-Assessment Questions
Appendix 7A: Derivation of Duration of Expected Test
Appendix 7B: Duration of Expected Test (Type II test)

Chapter 8 – Reliability Computation and Expert Systems
8.1: Introduction
8.2: Reliability Data Systems
8.3: Conventional Computation Approaches
8.4: Computation Approaches for Complex Systems
8.5: Expert Systems
Self-Assessment Questions

Chapter 9 – Software Reliability
9.1: Introduction
9.2: Characteristics of Software Reliability Models
9.3: Software Reliability Model
9.4: Methods of Improving Software Reliability
9.5: Hardware vs. Software Reliability
9.6: System Trade-Offs
9.7: Software Packages for Reliability Engineering Applications
Self-Assessment Questions

Chapter 10 – Terotechnology: An Overview
10.1: Introduction
10.2: History
10.3: Definitions
10.4: The Terotechnology System
10.5: The Terotechnology Process
10.6: Introducing Terotechnology into Programmes
10.7: Terotechnology and Total Productive Maintenance
10.8: Strategies for Terotechnology
10.9: Training in Terotechnology
10.10: Practice of Terotechnology
Self-Assessment Questions



Chapter 11 – Maintenance Management
11.1: Introduction
11.2: History
11.3: Definition
11.4: Objectives of Maintenance
11.5: Scope of Responsibilities
11.6: Maintenance Principles
11.7: Types of Maintenance
11.8: Maintenance Planning and Control
11.9: The Maintenance Strategy
11.10: Preventive Maintenance
11.11: A Systems Approach to Maintenance Management
11.12: Impact of Terotechnology on Maintenance Management
11.13: Computerised Planning and Scheduling
11.14: Maintenance Management and Control Using Computer
11.15: Maintenance Performance Indices
11.16: Maintenance Management Audit
Self-Assessment Questions

Chapter 12 – Maintainability and Availability
12.1: Introduction
12.2: Maintainability Concepts
12.3: Maintainability Programme Elements
12.4: Maintainability Modelling and Allocation
12.5: Maintainability Prediction
12.6: Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
12.7: Design Aids for Maintainability
12.8: Maintainability Demonstration
12.9: Maintainability Data Systems
12.10: Reliability and Maintainability Trade-Off
12.11: Built-In Test (BIT)
12.12: Availability
12.13: Availability Analysis
12.14: Impact of Reliability and Maintainability on Availability
Self-Assessment Questions



Chapter 13 – Condition Based Maintenance
13.1: Introduction
13.2: Levels of Monitoring
13.3: Condition Monitoring Methods
13.4: Condition Monitoring Applications
13.5: Microprocessor Technology
13.6: A Programme for Plant Condition Monitoring
Self-Assessment Questions

Chapter 14 – Management of Spare Parts
14.1: Introduction
14.2: Meaning of Inventory Control
14.3: Functional Classification of Inventories
14.4: Advantages of Carrying Inventory
14.5: Features of Inventory System
14.6: Economic Order Quantity and its Models
14.7: Inventory Control Approaches
14.8: Selective Approaches to Multi-Item Inventory Control
14.9: Guidelines for Stocking of Special Spare Parts
14.10: Use of Materials Requirement Planning Approach for Maintenance Resources Planning and Control
14.11: Maintenance Manpower Resource and Spares Requirement Planning
Self-Assessment Questions

Chapter 15 – Life Cycle Costing
15.1: Introduction
15.2: Reliability Centered Maintenance
15.3: Total Productive Maintenance
15.4: Total Cost of Maintenance
15.5: Procedure of Life Cycle Costing
15.6: Total Life Cycle Cost
15.7: Economic Trade-Off Analysis
15.8: Warranty
Self-Assessment Questions



Chapter 16 – Safety and Human Factors in Maintainability
16.1: Introduction
16.2: Systems Engineering
16.3: Human Factors Engineering in Maintenance
16.4: Human Body Measurements
16.5: Human Sensory Capacities
16.6: Impact of Environment
16.7: Auditory and Visual Warning Devices
16.8: Safety and Maintainability Design
16.9: Electrical, Mechanical and Other Hazards
16.10: Tools for Safety Analysis
16.11: Safety and Human Behaviour
16.12: Product Safety
16.13: Safety Audit
16.14: Planning for Safety
Self-Assessment Questions

Glossary
Selected References
Appendix A – Statistical Tables

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