Reliability Engineering - Theory and Practice

Preface to the 5th Edition

Preface to the 4th Edition

Contents

1 Basic Concepts, Quality and Reliability Assurance of Complex Equipment and Systems

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Basic Concepts

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)

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Predicted Reliability of Equipment and Systems with Simple Structure

2.3 Reliability of Systems with Complex Structure

2.4 Reliability Allocation

2.5 Mechanical Reliability, Drift Failures

2.6 Failure Mode Analysis

2.7 Reliability Aspects in Design Reviews

3 Qualification Tests for Components and Assemblies

3.1 Basic Selection Criteria for Electronic Components

3.2 Qualification Tests for Complex Electronic Components

3.3 Failure Modes, Failure Mechanisms, and Failure Analysis of Electronic Components

3.4 Qualification Tests for Electronic Assemblies

4 Maintainability Analysis

4.1 Maintenance, Maintainability

4.2 Maintenance Concept

4.3 Maintainability Aspects in Design Reviews

4.4 Predicted Maintainability

4.5 Basic Models for Spare Parts Provisioning

4.6 Repair Strategies

4.7 Cost Considerations

5 Design Guidelines for Reliability, Maintainability, and Software Quality

5.1 Design Guidelines for Reliability

5.2 Design Guidelines for Maintainability

5.3 Design Guidelines for Software Quality

6 Reliability and Availability of Repairable Systems

6.1 Introduction, General Assumptions, Conclusions

6.2 One- Item Structure

6.3 Systems without Redundancy

6.4 1-out-of-2Redundancy

6.5 k- out- of- n Redundancy

6.6 Simple Series - Parallel Structures

6.7 Approximate Expressions for Large Series - Parallel Structures

6.8 Systems with Complex Structure

6.9 Alternative Investigation Methods

7 Statistical Quality Control & Reliability Tests

7.1 Statistical Quality Control

7.2 Statistical Reliability Tests

7.3 Statistical Maintainability Tests

7.4 Accelerated Testing

7.5 Goodness-of-fit Tests

7.6 Statistical Analysis of General Reliability Data

7.7 Reliability Growth

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

8.1 Basic Activities

8.2 Testing and Screening of Electronic Cornponents

8.3 Testing and Screening of Electronic Assemblies

8.4 Test and Screening Strategies, Economic Aspects

A1 Terms and Definitions

A2 Quality and Reliability Standards

A3 Definition and Realization of Quality and Reliability Requirements

A4 Checklists for Design Reviews

A5 Requirements for Quality Data Reporting Systems

A6 Basic Probability Theory

A7 Basic Stochastic- Processes Theory

Ag Basic Mathematical Statistics

A9 Tables and Charts

Al0 Basic Technological Component's Properties

A11 Problems for Home- Work

Acronyms

Index