Handbook of Reliability Engineering

by Igor A. Ushakov (Editor)

Overview

Handbook for the computation and empirical estimation of reliability. Introduces an incomparable volume of easily applicable, cutting-edge results originated by prominent Russian reliability specialists. Completely covers probabilistic reliability, statistical reliability and optimization with simple, step-by-step, numerical examples. Offers a broad range of applications in engineering, operations research, cost analysis and project management. Explores reliability software extensively. Includes appendices with summary reviews of mathematical and statistical fundamentals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471571735
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/14/1994
Edition description:	Updated American ed.
Pages:	704
Product dimensions:	6.54(w) x 9.61(h) x 1.57(d)

About the Author

IGOR A. USHAKOV, DSc, is the chief scientist at SOTAS, Inc. He is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Operations Research at George Washington University. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including Management Sciences, European Journal on Operations Research, and Kubernetes. Dr. Ushakov has published hundreds of papers and more than twenty books on operations research and reliability theory, including Handbook of Reliability Engineering, published by Wiley in 1994.

Table of Contents

Partial table of contents:

PROBABILITY.

Basic Concepts, Measures, and Definition.

Units.

Unrenewable Equipment.

Renewable Systems.

Repairable Dual Systems.

Systems with Network Structures.

Evaluation of System Effectiveness.

Systems with Time Redundancy.

Queuing Systems with Unreliable Service Channels.

Mechanical Equipment.

STATISTICS.

Estimation of Equipment Reliability from Tests.

Acceptance-Rejection Tests.

Accelerated Tests.

Reliability Growth.

Monte Carlo Simulations.

OPTIMIZATION.

Optimal Redundancy.

Optimal Supply of Spare Parts.

Optimal Control of Inventories of Spare Parts.

Optimal Maintenance.

Appendices.

References.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

The revised and updated translation (from the 1985 Russian edition) of a text which set the standard for the reliability testing of technical systems for nearly three generations of Soviet applied scientists and engineers. Divided into three major parts, the Handbook details reliability fundamentals, examines common reliability problems and solutions, provides a collection of computation formulas, and illustrates practical applications of the methods discussed in 24 self-contained chapters. This edition extends the scope from the traditional, narrow emphasis on engineering to the broader fields of operations research, cost analysis, and project management. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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