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Reliability and Risk Analysis in Engineering and Medicine

  • Explains concepts of reliability and risk estimation techniques in the context of medicine and engineering
  • Elucidates the interplay between reliability and risk from design to operation phases
  • Uses real world examples from engineering structures and medical devices and protocols
  • Adopts a lucid yet rigorous presentation of reliability and risk calculations
  • Reinforces students understanding of concepts covered with end-of-chapter exercises

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Probability and Density Functions

    • Chandrasekhar Putcha, Subhrajit Dutta, Sanjay K. Gupta
    Pages 1-14
  3. Reliability and Risk Analysis

    • Chandrasekhar Putcha, Subhrajit Dutta, Sanjay K. Gupta
    Pages 15-23
  4. System Reliability

    • Chandrasekhar Putcha, Subhrajit Dutta, Sanjay K. Gupta
    Pages 25-42
  5. Regression Analysis

    • Chandrasekhar Putcha, Subhrajit Dutta, Sanjay K. Gupta
    Pages 43-65
  6. Probabilistic Simulation Methods

    • Chandrasekhar Putcha, Subhrajit Dutta, Sanjay K. Gupta
    Pages 67-84
  7. Decision Theory

    • Chandrasekhar Putcha, Subhrajit Dutta, Sanjay K. Gupta
    Pages 85-102
  8. Medical Applications I

    • Chandrasekhar Putcha, Subhrajit Dutta, Sanjay K. Gupta
    Pages 103-108
  9. Medical Applications II

    • Chandrasekhar Putcha, Subhrajit Dutta, Sanjay K. Gupta
    Pages 109-123
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 125-129

About this book

This graduate textbook imparts the fundamentals of reliability and risk that can be connected mathematically and applied to problems in engineering and medical science and practice. The book is divided into eight chapters, the first three of which deal with basic fundamentals of probability theory and reliability methods. The fourth chapter illustrates simulation methods needed to solve complex problems. Chapters 5-7 explain reliability codes and system reliability (which uses the component reliabilities discussed in previous chapters). The book concludes in chapter 8 with an examination of applications of reliability within engineering and medical fields. Presenting a highly relevant competency for graduates entering product research and development, or facilities operations sectors, this text includes many examples and end of chapter study questions to maximize student comprehension.
  • Explains concepts of reliability and risk estimation techniques in the contextof medicine and engineering;
  • Elucidates the interplay between reliability and risk from design to operation phases;
  • Uses real world examples from engineering structures and medical devices and protocols;
  • Adopts a lucid yet rigorous presentation of reliability and risk calculations;
  • Reinforces students understanding of concepts covered with end-of-chapter exercises.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Civil Engineering, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, USA

    Chandrasekhar Putcha

  • Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Cachar, India

    Subhrajit Dutta

  • Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India

    Sanjay K. Gupta

About the authors

Dr. Chandrasekhar Putcha is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at California State University, Fullerton. He has been at this place since 1981. Before that he was on the research faculty at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV and a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Sherbrooke in Canada. His research areas of interest are Reliability, Risk Analysis, Optimization and Mathematical Modeling. 

Dr. Subhrajit Dutta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technology Silchar. He completed his PhD in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2017. Subhrajit is also an external/invited researcher in the Department of Civil Engineering (Structural Division), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal. He was working as a visiting scholar in the Department of Civil Engineering at Aalto University, Finland during December, 2019. He has published more than 50 research articles and is a recipient of few national and international sponsored projects in the field of reliability and risk analysis. Subhrajit is the Associate Editor of ASCE Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction and a Guest Editor for various reputed journals.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at IIT/BHU, Varanasi, India.

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eBook USD 54.99
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Softcover Book USD 69.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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