Reliability, Maintainability and Risk: Practical Methods for Engineers including Reliability Centred Maintenance and Safety-Related Systems

by David J. Smith

Overview

For over 30 years, Reliability, Maintainability and Risk has been recognised as a leading text for reliability and maintenance professionals. Now in its seventh edition, the book has been updated to remain the first choice for professional engineers and students. The seventh edition incorporates new material on important topics including software failure, the latest safety legislation and standards, product liability, integrity of safety-related systems, as well as delivering an up-to-date review of the latest approaches to reliability modelling, including cutsec ranking. It is also supported by new detailed case studies on reliability and risk in practice.*The leading reliability reference for over 30 years*Covers all key aspects of reliability and maintenance management in an accessible way with minimal mathematics - ideal for hands-on applications*Four new chapters covering software failure, safety legislation, safety systems and new case studies on reliability and risk in practice

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080458939
Publisher:	Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication date:	04/20/2005
Series:	Reliability, Maintainability and Risk Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Dr. David J. Smith is the Proprietor of Technis Consultancy. He has written numerous books on Reliability and Safety over the last 40 years. His FARADIP database has become widely used, and his other software packages are also used throughout the profession. His PhD thesis was on the subject of reliability prediction and common cause failure. He contributed to the first drafting of IEC 61508 and chairs the IGEM panel which produces SR/15 (the gas industry safety related guidance). David is past President of the Safety and Reliability Society.

Table of Contents

The history of reliability & safety technology; Understanding terms & jargon; A cost-effective approach to quality, reliability & safety; Realistic failure rates & prediction confidence; Interpreting data & demonstrating reliability; Variable failure rates & probability plotting; Essential reliability theory; Methods of modelling (New chapter); Quantifying the reliability models (New chapter); QRA; Design & assurance techniques; Design review & test; Field data collection & feedback; Factors influencing down time; Predicting & demonstrating repair times; QRCM; Software quality/reliability; Project management; Contract clauses; Product liability & safety legislation; Major incident legislation; Integrity of safety-related systems; Case Studies; Appendices

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

A practical guide to the techniques that engineers need to understand and apply to reduce process design and operation defects and failures

Editorial Reviews

"This is the 5th edition of DJ Smith's excellent book on reliability in the real world. Having worked in this field for a number of years, I can honestly say that Mr. Smith has provided a perfect means of understanding the principles behind basic reliability calculations, in a way that is neither condescending nor unneccesarily complex. I recommend this book in the strongest possible terms to readers interested in gaining a greater understanding of the world of reliability engineering without having to trawl through pages of postgraduate mathematics."

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