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Reliability Engineering

Theory and Practice

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Alessandro Birolini

    1. Firenze, Italy

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  • Design guidelines for reliability, maintainability, and software quality
  • Checklists for design reviews
  • More than 100 practice oriented examples
  • Based on over 30 years of industrial and academic experience
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Basic Concepts, Quality and Reliability Assurance of Complex Equipment and Systems

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    Pages 1-24

  3. Reliability Analysis During the Design Phase (Nonrepairable Elements up to System Failure)

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    Pages 25-80

  4. Qualification Tests for Components and Assemblies

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    Pages 81-111

  5. Maintainability Analysis

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    Pages 112-143

  6. Design Guidelines for Reliability, Maintainability, and Software Quality

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    Pages 144-166

  7. Reliability and Availability of Repairable Systems

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    Pages 167-290

  8. Statistical Quality Control & Reliability Tests

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    Pages 291-348

  9. Quality and Reliability Assurance During the Production Phase (Basic Considerations)

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    Pages 349-364

  10. Annexes

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    Pages 365-573

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 574-610
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27 Required function (mission profile) • Set up the reliability block diagram FMEA where (RBD), by performing a redundancy appears Eliminate reliability weaknesses • Determine the component stresses • component/material selection • Compute the failure rate Ai of each • derating component • screening • Compute R(t) at the assembly level • redundancy • Check the fulfillment of reliability design rules • Perform a preliminary design review no yes Go to the next assembly or to the next integration level Figure 2. 1 Reliability analysis procedure at assembly level Taking account of the above considerations, Fig. 2. 1 shows the reliability analysis procedure used in practical applications at assembly level. The proce­ dure of Fig. 2. 1 is based on the part stress method discussed in Section 2. 2. 4 (see Section 2. 2. 7 for the part count method). Also included are a failure modes and effect analysis (FMEA/FMECA), to check the validity of the assumed failure modes, and a verification of the adherence to design guidelines for relia­ bility in a preliminary design review (Section 5. 1, Appendices A3. 3. 5 & A4). Verification of the assumed failure modes is mandatory where redundancy appears, in particular because of the series element in the reliability block diagram (see for instance Example 2. 6, Sections 2. 3. 6 for elements with more than one failure mode & 6. 8. 7 for common cause failures, and Figs. 2. 8- 2. 9 & 6. 17- 6.

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  • Firenze, Italy

    Alessandro Birolini

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