Reliability Engineering (eBook)

Preface to the 5th Edition 6
Preface to the 4th Edition 6
Contents 9
1 Basic Concepts, Quality and Reliability Assurance of Complex Equipment and Systems 16
1.1 Introduction 16
1.2 Basic Concepts 17
1.3 Basic Tasks & Rules for Quality and Reliability Assurance of Complex Systems
2 Reliability Analysis During the Design Phase ( Nonrepairable Items up to System Failure) 40
2.1 Introduction 40
2.2 Predicted Reliability of Equipment and Systems with Simple Structure 43
2.3 Reliability of Systems with Complex Structure 67
2.4 Reliability Allocation 82
2.5 Mechanical Reliability, Drift Failures 82
2.6 Failure Mode Analysis 87
2.7 Reliability Aspects in Design Reviews 92
3 Qualification Tests for Components and Assemblies 96
3.1 Basic Selection Criteria for Electronic Components 96
3.2 Qualification Tests for Complex Electronic Components 102
3.3 Failure Modes, Failure Mechanisms, and Failure Analysis of Electronic Components 116
3.4 Qualification Tests for Electronic Assemblies 122
4 Maintainability Analysis 127
4.1 Maintenance, Maintainability 127
4.2 Maintenance Concept 130
4.3 Maintainability Aspects in Design Reviews 136
4.4 Predicted Maintainability 136
4.5 Basic Models for Spare Parts Provisioning 140
4.6 Repair Strategies 149
4.7 Cost Considerations 151
5 Design Guidelines for Reliability, Maintainability, and Software Quality 154
5.1 Design Guidelines for Reliability 154
5.2 Design Guidelines for Maintainability 164
5.3 Design Guidelines for Software Quality 167
6 Reliability and Availability of Repairable Systems 177
6.1 Introduction, General Assumptions, Conclusions 177
6.2 One- Item Structure 183
6.3 Systems without Redundancy 197
6.4 1-out-of-2Redundancy 204
6.5 k- out- of- n Redundancy 221
6.6 Simple Series - Parallel Structures 228
6.7 Approximate Expressions for Large Series - Parallel Structures 234
6.8 Systems with Complex Structure 246
6.9 Alternative Investigation Methods 282
7 Statistical Quality Control & Reliability Tests
7.1 Statistical Quality Control 292
7.2 Statistical Reliability Tests 302
7.3 Statistical Maintainability Tests 318
7.4 Accelerated Testing 322
7.5 Goodness-of-fit Tests 327
7.6 Statistical Analysis of General Reliability Data 334
7.7 Reliability Growth 344
8 Quality and Reliability Assurance During the Production Phase ( Basic Considerations) 350
8.1 Basic Activities 350
8.2 Testing and Screening of Electronic Cornponents 351
8.3 Testing and Screening of Electronic Assemblies 355
8.4 Test and Screening Strategies, Economic Aspects 357
A1 Terms and Definitions 366
A2 Quality and Reliability Standards 380
A3 Definition and Realization of Quality and Reliability Requirements 384
A4 Checklists for Design Reviews 398
A5 Requirements for Quality Data Reporting Systems 403
A6 Basic Probability Theory 406
A7 Basic Stochastic- Processes Theory 453
Ag Basic Mathematical Statistics 518
A9 Tables and Charts 554
Al0 Basic Technological Component's Properties 565
A11 Problems for Home- Work 569
Acronyms 575
Index 576