Reliability Engineering Advances

Reliability Engineering Advances

$195.00

Gregory I. Hayworth (Editor)

Series: Mathematics Research Developments

Reliability engineering is an engineering field, that deals with the study of reliability: the ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time. It is often reported in terms of a probability. Reliability may be defined in several ways: The idea that something is fit for purpose with respect to time; The capacity of a device or system to perform as designed; The resistance to failure of a device or system; The ability of a device or system to perform a required function under stated conditions for a specified period of time; The probability that a functional unit will perform its required function for a specified interval under stated conditions. The ability of something to “fail well” (fail without catastrophic consequences) Reliability engineers rely heavily on statistics, probability theory, and reliability theory. Many engineering techniques are used in reliability engineering, such as reliability prediction, Weibull analysis, thermal management, reliability testing and accelerated life testing. Because of the large number of reliability techniques, their expense, and the varying degrees of reliability required for different situations, most projects develop a reliability program plan to specify the reliability tasks that will be performed for that specific system. The function of reliability engineering is to develop the reliability requirements for the product, establish an adequate reliability program, and perform appropriate analyses and tasks to ensure the product will meet its requirements. This book presents the latest research in the field.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Review of Studies on the Detrimental Effects of Solid Contaminants in Lubricated Machine Element Contacts
George K. Nikas

Chapter 2. Statistical Reliability with Applications to Defense
Aparna V. Huzurbazar, Daniel Briand, and Robert Cranwell

Chapter 3. Reliability-Based Design of Railway Prestressed Concrete Sleepers
Alex M. Remennikov and Sakdirat Kaewunruen

Chapter 4. Reliability Estimation of Individual Predictions in Supervised Learning
Zoran Bosnic and Igor Kononenko

Chapter 5. A Full Performance Management Policy for a Geographically Disperse System: Aimed to Continuous Reliability Improvement
Miguel Fernandez Temprano, Oscar Duque Perez, Luis Angel Garcia Escudero, and Angel Luis Zorita Lamadrid

Chapter 6. Structural Reliability Aspects for Advanced Composite Material Applications
Giacomo Frulla and Fabio Borello

Chapter 7. Meta-modelling Based Approximation Methods for Structural Reliability Analysis
Irfan Kaymaz

Chapter 8. Seismic Reliability of Nonlinear Structural Systems
John W. van de Lindt and Shiling Pei

Chapter 9. Time Dependent Seismic Reliability Analysis of Structure with Uncertain System Parameter
Subrata Chakraborty and Abhijit Chaudhuri

Chapter 10. Response Surface Methodology and Multiple Response Case: Optimization Measures, Developments and Comparisons
Rossella Berni

Chapter 11. Seed Development in Castor (Ricinus communis L.): Morphology, Reserve Synthesis and Gene Expression
Grace Q. Chen

Chapter 12. Survivable DWDM Optical Mesh Transport Network Design via Genetic Algorithms
Y S. Kavian, M S. Leeson, E. L. Hines, W Ren, H. F. Rashvand, and M Naderi

Chapter 13. Digital Interferometric Measurement of Heat Dissipation from Microelectronic Devices for Optimal and Reliable Thermal Design
C. B. Sobhan and V §ajith

Chapter 14. Reliability Estimation of Urban Wastewater Disposal Networks
Yuri A. Ermolin

Chapter 15. Future Trends on Global Performance Indicators in Industrial Research
Livia Corain and Luigi Salmaso

Short Communication

Comparative Distributions of Reliability and Survival Modeling Analysis
M Shuaib Khan and G. R. Pasha

Index

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