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Reliability Physics and Engineering

Time-To-Failure Modeling

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  • Includes eight new appendices plus three new chapters on screening, heat generation and dissipation, and sampling plans and confidence intervals
  • Provides fundamental reliability physics and engineering tools for building better products
  • Contains statistical training and tools within the text
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • J. W. McPherson
    Pages 1-3
  3. Materials and Device Degradation

    • J. W. McPherson
    Pages 5-28
  4. Time-to-Failure Modeling

    • J. W. McPherson
    Pages 37-49
  5. Gaussian Statistics: An Overview

    • J. W. McPherson
    Pages 51-60
  6. Time-to-Failure Statistics

    • J. W. McPherson
    Pages 61-74
  7. Failure Rate Modeling

    • J. W. McPherson
    Pages 75-89
  8. Accelerated Degradation

    • J. W. McPherson
    Pages 91-103
  9. Acceleration Factor Modeling

    • J. W. McPherson
    Pages 105-115
  10. Ramp-to-Failure Testing

    • J. W. McPherson
    Pages 117-132
  11. Screening

    • J. W. McPherson
    Pages 303-317
  12. Heat Generation and Dissipation

    • J. W. McPherson
    Pages 319-353
  13. Sampling Plans and Confidence Intervals

    • J. W. McPherson
    Pages 355-376
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 377-399

About this book

"Reliability Physics and Engineering" provides critically important information for designing and building reliable cost-effective products. The textbook contains numerous example problems with solutions. Included at the end of each chapter are exercise problems and answers. "Reliability Physics and Engineering" is a useful resource for students, engineers, and materials scientists.

Authors and Affiliations

  • McPherson Reliability Consulting, LLC, Plano, USA

    J. W. McPherson

About the author

Dr. J.W. McPherson is at McPherson Reliability Consulting, LLC.

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eBook USD 79.99
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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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