System Reliability Theory

System Reliability Theory
Author: Arnljot Høyland
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2009-09-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470317744

A comprehensive introduction to reliability analysis. The first section provides a thorough but elementary prologue to reliability theory. The latter half comprises more advanced analytical tools including Markov processes, renewal theory, life data analysis, accelerated life testing and Bayesian reliability analysis. Features numerous worked examples. Each chapter concludes with a selection of problems plus additional material on applications.

Reliability Engineering

Reliability Engineering
Author: Alessandro Birolini
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 559
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3662054094

Using clear language, this book shows you how to build in, evaluate, and demonstrate reliability and availability of components, equipment, and systems. It presents the state of the art in theory and practice, and is based on the author's 30 years' experience, half in industry and half as professor of reliability engineering at the ETH, Zurich. In this extended edition, new models and considerations have been added for reliability data analysis and fault tolerant reconfigurable repairable systems including reward and frequency / duration aspects. New design rules for imperfect switching, incomplete coverage, items with more than 2 states, and phased-mission systems, as well as a Monte Carlo approach useful for rare events are given. Trends in quality management are outlined. Methods and tools are given in such a way that they can be tailored to cover different reliability requirement levels and be used to investigate safety as well. The book contains a large number of tables, figures, and examples to support the practical aspects.

Structural Reliability Theory and Its Applications

Structural Reliability Theory and Its Applications
Author: P. Thoft-Cristensen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642686974

Structural reliability theory is concerned with the rational treatment of uncertainties in struc tural engineering and with the methods for assessing the safety and serviceability of civil en gineering and other structures. It is a subject which has grown rapidly during the last decade and has evolved from being a topic for academic research to a set of well-developed or develop ing methodologies with a wide range of practical applications. Uncertainties exist in most areas of civil and structural engineeri'1.g and rational design decisions cannot be made without modelling them and taking them into account. Many structural en gineers are shielded from having to think about such problems, at least when designing simple structures, because of the prescriptive and essentially deterministic nature of most codes of practice. This is an undesirable situation. Most loads and other structural design parameters are rarely known with certainty and should be regarded as random variables or stochastic processes, even if in design calculations they are eventually treated as deterministic. Some problems such as the analysis of load combinations cannot even be formulated without recourse to probabilistic reasoning.

Introduction to System Reliability Theory

Introduction to System Reliability Theory
Author: Jorge Navarro
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2021-10-03
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3030869539

This textbook provides the tools for a modern post-graduate introductory course on system reliability theory. It focuses on probabilistic aspects of the theory, including recent results based on signatures, stochastic orders, aging classes, copulas and distortion (or aggregation) functions. The reader requires on an introductory knowledge on probability theory and mathematics. The book serves both for graduate students in mathematics and for engineering students in various disciplines as well as students learning survival analysis, network reliability or simple game theory. Included also are brief introductions to the basic aspects of lifetime modelling, stochastic comparisons, aging classes, mixtures and copula theory. The book develops this knowledge with worked examples and supplies code for the program R so that students can explore its lessons and techniques.

Primer of Reliability Theory

Primer of Reliability Theory
Author: Doris Lloyd Grosh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1989-03-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

A first course in reliability theory. Introduces all the fundamentals and includes derivations. Covers life testing, nonseries-parallel systems, choice of model (for plotting positions), and incorporates the use of electronic spreadsheets.

Maintenance Theory of Reliability

Maintenance Theory of Reliability
Author: Toshio Nakagawa
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2006-03-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1846282217

Many serious accidents have happened in the world where systems have been large-scale and complex, and have caused heavy damage and a social sense of instability. Furthermore, advanced nations have almost ?nished public inf- structureandrushedintoamaintenanceperiod.Maintenancewillbemore- portant than production, manufacture, and construction, that is, more ma- tenance for environmental considerations and for the protection of natural resources. From now on, the importance of maintenance will increase more and more. In the past four decades, valuable contributions to maintenance policies in reliability theory have been made. This book is intended to s- marize the research results studied mainly by the author in the past three decades. The book deals primarily with standard to advanced problems of main- nance policies for system reliability models. System reliability can be mainly improved by repair and preventive maintenance, and replacement, and rel- bility properties can be investigated by using stochastic process techniques. The optimum maintenance policies for systems that minimize or maximize appropriate objective functions under suitable conditions are discussed both analytically and practically. The book is composed of nine chapters. Chapter 1 is devoted to an int- duction to reliability theory, and brie?y reviews stochastic processes needed for reliability and maintenance theory. Chapter 2 summarizes the results of repair maintenance, which is the most basic maintenance in reliability. The repair maintenance of systems such as the one-unit system and multiple-unit redundant systems is treated. Chapters 3 through 5 summarize the results of three typical maintenance policies of age, periodic, and block replacements.

Shock and Damage Models in Reliability Theory

Shock and Damage Models in Reliability Theory
Author: Toshio Nakagawa
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2007-02-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1846284422

This is the first monograph which presents shock and damage models in reliability from introduction to application. Stochastic processes are introduced before current developments are surveyed. The practical applications of shock and damage models are demonstrated using case studies. The author is a leading researcher in this field with more than thirty years of experience. Reliability engineers and managers of maintenance work will find this book a broad reference.

Reliability Theory and Practice

Reliability Theory and Practice
Author: Igor Bazovsky
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486317633

Written by a pioneer of reliability methods, this text applies statistical mathematics to analysis of electrical, mechanical, and other systems employed in airborne, missile, and ground equipment. 1961 edition.

Advancements in Fuzzy Reliability Theory

Advancements in Fuzzy Reliability Theory
Author: Kumar, Akshay
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2021-02-12
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1799875660

In recent years, substantial efforts are being made in the development of reliability theory including fuzzy reliability theories and their applications to various real-life problems. Fuzzy set theory is widely used in decision making and multi criteria such as management and engineering, as well as other important domains in order to evaluate the uncertainty of real-life systems. Fuzzy reliability has proven to have effective tools and techniques based on real set theory for proposed models within various engineering fields, and current research focuses on these applications. Advancements in Fuzzy Reliability Theory introduces the concept of reliability fuzzy set theory including various methods, techniques, and algorithms. The chapters present the latest findings and research in fuzzy reliability theory applications in engineering areas. While examining the implementation of fuzzy reliability theory among various industries such as mining, construction, automobile, engineering, and more, this book is ideal for engineers, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in fuzzy reliability theory applications in engineering areas.

Mathematical Theory of Reliability

Mathematical Theory of Reliability
Author: Richard E. Barlow
Publisher: SIAM
Total Pages: 271
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0898713692

This monograph presents a survey of mathematical models useful in solving reliability problems. It includes a detailed discussion of life distributions corresponding to wearout and their use in determining maintenance policies, and covers important topics such as the theory of increasing (decreasing) failure rate distributions, optimum maintenance policies, and the theory of coherent systems. The emphasis throughout the book is on making minimal assumptions - and only those based on plausible physical considerations - so that the resulting mathematical deductions may be safely made about a large variety of commonly occurring reliability situations. The first part of the book is concerned with component reliability, while the second part covers system reliability, including problems that are as important today as they were in the 1960s. The enduring relevance of the subject of reliability and the continuing demand for a graduate-level book on this topic are the driving forces behind its re-publication.