Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management / Edition 2

by Richard Y. Moss, Clyde F. Coombs, W. Grant Ireson

Overview

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A working tool that delivers expert guidance on all aspects of product reliability




The completely updated second edition of this classic reference offers you unsurpassed coverage of all aspects of reliability engineering and management, including reliability issues in electronic components and systems, software, and mechanical devices. It now includes specific information on how to design a product for reliability; it adds the concept of process and the tools of total quality control (TQC) to the reliability function. Filled with applications ranging from consumer products to high-tech systems, this indispensable handbook clearly demonstrates how reliability is a process that can be characterized, controlled, and improved. It provides you with a wealth of new material on the reliability function, as well as highly effective methods and mathematics used to predict and determine the reliability of a product.

You'll find practical information on proven industry practices to define and achieve reliability goals, as well as the traditional mathematics of reliability. Also included are basic tables for determining reliability, and standards and specifications used b the U.S. Department of Defense. Essential for all reliability engineers, product designers, quality engineers, and engineering mathematics, this edition of the world-renowned handbook will give you the expertise needed to define and attain optimum reliability goals for your company's products.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780070127500
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	12/01/1995
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	816
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 2.00(d)

About the Author

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Clyde F. Coombs, Jr, (Los Altos, CA) recently retired from Hewlett-Packard. He is the editor of all five editions of the Printed Circuits Handbook, the first of which was published in 1967. He is also the editor of two editions of the Electronics Instrument Handbook and the communications Network Test and Measurement Handbook.

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Table of Contents

Introduction, Definitions, and Relationships.

The Role of Management in Reliability.

Managing Reliability as a Process.

Economics of Reliability.

Design for Reliability.

Failure Modes and Effects (FMEA) and Fault-Tree Analysis (FTA) (Success-Tree Analysis--STA).

Reliability Specification and Goal Setting.

Concurrent Engineering.

Human-Centered Design.

Reliability Information Collection and Analysis.

Designing Experiments to Measure and Improve Reliability.

Accelerated Testing.

Failure Analysis System--Root Cause and Corrective Action.

Physics of Failure.

Maintainability and Reliability.

Component Reliability.

Thermal Management and Reliability of Electronics.

Mechanical Stress and Analysis.

Mechanical Reliability.

Design for Mechanical Reliability.

System Reliability.

Software Reliability and the Development Process.

Supplier Reliability and Quality Assurance.

Techniques of Estimating Reliability at Design Stage.

Mathematical and Statistical Methods and Models in Reliability and Life Studies.

Life Distributions and Concepts.

Graphical Analyses of Reliability Data.
Appendices:
A: Tables and Charts.
B: Charts.
C: Reliability Standards and Specifications.

Editorial Reviews

This second edition of a reference first published in 1988 includes specific information on how to design a product for reliability and adds the concept of process and the tools of total quality control to the reliability function, while retaining coverage of reliability issues in electronic components and systems, software, and mechanical devices, and applications ranging from consumer products to high-tech systems. Includes basic tables for determining reliability, and standards and specifications used by the US Dept. of Defense. For reliability engineers, product designers, and engineering managers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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