Reliability engineering : methods and applications /
edited by Mangey Ram.
- 1 online resource.
- Advanced research in reliability and system assurance engineering .
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editor; Contributors; Chapter 1: Preventive Maintenance Modeling: State of the Art; Chapter 2: Inspection Maintenance Modeling for Technical Systems: An Overview; Chapter 3: Application of Stochastic Processes in Degradation Modeling: An Overview; Chapter 4: Building a Semi-automatic Design for Reliability Survey with Semantic Pattern Recognition; Chapter 5: Markov Chains and Stochastic Petri Nets for Availability and Reliability Modeling Chapter 6: An Overview of Fault Tree Analysis and Its Application in Dual Purposed Cask Reliability in an Accident ScenarioChapter 7: An Overview on Failure Rates in Maintenance Policies; Chapter 8: Accelerated Life Tests with Competing Failure Modes: An Overview; Chapter 9: European Reliability Standards; Chapter 10: Time-Variant Reliability Analysis Methods for Dynamic Structures; Chapter 11: Latent Variable Models in Reliability; Chapter 12: Expanded Failure Modes and Effects Analysis: A Different Approach for System Reliability Assessment Chapter 13: Reliability Assessment and Probabilistic Data Analysis of Vehicle Components and SystemsChapter 14: Maintenance Policy Analysis of a Marine Power Generating Multi-state System; Chapter 15: Vulnerability Discovery and Patch Modeling: State of the Art; Chapter 16: Signature Reliability Evaluations: An Overview of Different Systems; Index
"Over the last 50 years, the theory and the methods of reliability analysis have developed significantly. Therefore, it is very important to the reliability specialist to be informed of each reliability measure. This book will provide historical developments, current advancements, applications, numerous examples, and many case studies to bring the reader up-to-date with the advancements in this area. It covers reliability engineering in different branches, includes applications to reliability engineering practice, provides numerous examples to illustrate the theoretical results, and offers case studies along with real-world examples. This book is useful to engineering students, research scientist, and practitioners working in the field of reliability"--