1 Introduction to Reliability Engineering |
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  1.1 Relationship of Quality and Reliability |
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  1.2 Reliability Engineering as a Technical Discipline |
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  1.3 The Engineering World in which Reliability Engineers Work |
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  1.4 Domain of Activity of Reliability Engineers |
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  1.5 Risk Analysis as A Technical Discipline |
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  1.6 Formal Definition of Reliability |
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  1.7 Some Models of Failure |
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    1.7.1 The Stress-Strength Model |
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    1.7.2 The Damage – Endurance Model |
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    1.7.3 The Challenge – Response Model |
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    1.7.4 The Tolerance-Requirements Model |
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Exercises |
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2 Why and How Things Fail |
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  2.1 Failure Causes and Mechanisms |
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    2.1.1 Basic Physics of Failure Concepts |
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    2.1.2 Failure of Material Objects |
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    2.1.3 Abrasive Wear |
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    2.1.4 Adhesive Wear |
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    2.1.5 Surface Fatigue |
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    2.1.6 Erosive Wear |
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    2.1.7 Cavitation Pitting |
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    2.1.8 Corrosion by Direct Chemical Attack |
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    2.1.9 Preventing Corrosion Failures |
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    2.1.10 Elastic Deformation of Materials |
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    2.1.11 Poisson’s Ratio |
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  2.1 12 Plastic Deformation |
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    2.1.14 Toughness of Materials |
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  2.2 Residual Stresses |
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    2.2.1 Thermal Residual Stresses |
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    2.2.2 Metallurgical Residual Stresses |
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    2.2.3 Mechanical Residual Stresses |
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    2.2.4 Chemical Effects on Residual Stresses |
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    2.2.6 Summary of Residual Stresses |
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  2.3 Preventing Mechanical Failures |
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    2.3.1 Stress Concentrations |
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    2.3.2 Fracture Resistance |
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    2.3.3 Critical Stress Intensity Factor |
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  2.4 Metal Fatigue |
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  2.5 Ceramics |
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    2.5.1 Mechanical Properties of Ceramics |
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    2.5.2 Stress-Strain Behavior of Ceramics |
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  2.6 Polymers |
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    2.6.1 Impact Strength |
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    2.6.2 Fatigue |
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  2.7 Software Failures |
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Exercises |
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3 Probabilistic Models of Failure Phenomena |
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  3.1 Distributions of Strengths of Materials |
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    3.1.1 Empirical Distribution |
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    3.1.2 Random Variables |
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    3.1.3 Measures of Central Tendency of Distributions |
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    3.1.4 Measures of Dispersion for a Distribution |
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    3.1.5 The Normal (or Gaussian) Probability Distribution |
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  3.2 Stress-Strength Interference |
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    3.2.1 Labeling Convention to be Used |
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  3.3 Probabilistic Engineering Design |
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    3.3.1 Probability Distribution for Strength – (Approach
in 2 ways) |
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    3.3.2 Reliability Bounds in Probabilistic Design |
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    3.3.3 Safety Index |
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    3.3.4 Converting the Safety Index into Probability of Failure |
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    3.3.5 A Determination of Probability of Failure Example |
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    3.3.6 Modeling of Fatigue Phenomena |
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    3.3.7 Statistical Aspects of Fatigue |
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    3.3.8 Fatigue Measurements for a New Alloy |
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    3.3.9 Single-Stress Fatigue Data |
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    3.3.10 Cumulative Damage Considerations |
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    3.3.11 The Linear Damage Theory |
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    3.3.12 Cumulative Damage Theories |
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    3.3.13 Multiple Sampling of the Load Distribution |
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    3.3.14 Series System Under Load (Chain Model) |
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    3.3.15 Extreme Values |
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    3.3.16 Order Statistics |
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    3.3.17 Extreme-Value Distributions |
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  3.4 Graphical Analysis |
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    3.4.1 Graphing Process |
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  3.5 Extreme-Value Distribution Functions |
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    3.5.1 Summary for n-Link Chain |
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    3.5.2 Von Mises Form of the Extreme Value Distributions |
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  3.6 The Weibull Distribution |
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Exercises |
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4 Life Models for Non-Repairable Items |
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  4.1 Introduction |
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  4.2 Qualitative Differences in Hazard Function |
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  4.3 The Exponential Distribution |
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    4.3.1 Exponential Model Represents No Wearout |
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  4.4 Non-Parametric Methods |
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  4.5 A More Detailed Examination of the Weibull Distribution |
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    4.5.1 Mean and Variance of the Weibull Distribution |
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    4.5.2 The Gamma Function |
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  4.5 The Lognormal Distribution |
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  4.6 The Binomial Distribution |
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    4.6.1 Need for the Binomial Distribution |
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    4.6.2 The Binomial Expansion |
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    4.6.3 The Single-Term Formula |
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  4.7 Statistical Inference |
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  4.8 Different Types of Statistical Intervals |
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  4.9 Estimation and Hypothesis Testing |
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    4.9.1 Method of Moments |
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    4.9.2 Confidence Intervals — Characteristics of Interest |
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    4.9.3 One-Sided Confidence Bounds |
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    4.9.4 Component Tolerances |
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  4.10 Combining Random Variables |
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    4.10.1 Combining Random Variables for Simple Functions |
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  4.11 General Aspects of Reliability Data |
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  4.12 Acquisition of Data |
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    4.12.1 Types of Data |
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    4.12.2 Multicensored Data |
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    4.12.3 Multiple Failure Modes |
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    4.12.4 Reliability and Life Data |
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    4.14.5 Reliability Data Sources |
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  4.15 Estimation Theory |
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    4.15.1 Estimator Properties |
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Exercises |
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5 Reliability and Quality in Manufacturing |
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  5.1 Statistical Quality Control |
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    5.1.3 Statistical Basis of the Control Chart |
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    5.1.4 Process Capability |
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    5.1.5 Control Charts for Variables Measurements |
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  5.2 Quality Tools |
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    5.2.1 Cause and Effect Diagram |
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    5.2.2 Pareto Analysis |
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Exercises |
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Appendices |
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A Notation |
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B Definitions |
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C Rules of Boolean Algebra |
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D Statistical Tables |
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  Table D-1 Standard Normal Cumulative Distribution Function |
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  Table D-2 Critical Values of Student’s t Distribution |
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  Table D-3 Critical Values of Chi- Square χ2 α Distribution Function |
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  Table D-4 Critical Values of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Statistic |
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  Table D-5 F-Cumulative Distribution Function, Upper 1Percentage Points |
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  Table D-6 F-Cumulative Distribution Function, Upper 5 Percentage Points |
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  Table D-7 F-Cumulative Distribution Function, Upper 10 Percentage Points |
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E References |
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F Answers to Selected Exercises |
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Subject Index |
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