Reliability, Maintainability and Risk

For over 30 years, "Reliability, Maintainability and Risk" has been recognised as a leading text for reliability and maintenance professionals. Now in its seventh edition, the book has been updated to remain the first choice for professional engineers and students. The seventh edition incorporates new material on important topics including software failure, the latest safety legislation and standards, product liability, integrity of safety-related systems, as well as delivering an up-to-date review of the latest approaches to reliability modelling, including cutsec ranking. It is also supported by new detailed case studies on reliability and risk in practice. This is the leading reliability reference for over 30 years. It covers all key aspects of reliability and maintenance management in an accessible way with minimal mathematics. It is ideal for hands-on applications. It includes four new chapters covering software failure, safety legislation, safety systems and new case studies on reliability and risk in practice.

ISBN 0750666943   Pages 366 ISBN13 9780750666947 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology   Weight (grammes) 654 Imprint Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780750651684 Publication date 20 Apr 2005   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress TA169   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY 620.00452   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1		The history of reliability and safety technology		3
2		Understanding terms and jargon		11
3		A cost-effective approach to quality, reliability and safety		24
4		Realistic failure rates and prediction confidence		37
5		Interpreting data and demonstrating reliability		50
6		Variable failure rates and probability plotting		61
7		Basic reliability prediction theory		75
8		Methods of modelling		89
9		Quantifying the reliability models		113
10		Risk assessment (QRA)		130
11		Design and assurance techniques		145
12		Design review and test		157
13		Field data collection and feedback		167
14		Factors influencing down time		176
15		Predicting and demonstrating repair times		196
16		Quantified reliability centred maintenance		208
17		Systematic failures, especially software		215
18		Project management		235
19		Contract clauses and their pitfalls		241
20		Product liability and safety legislation		251
21		Major incident legislation		257
22		Integrity of safety-related systems		266
23		A case study : the Datamet project		276
24		A case study : gas detection system		282
App. 1		Glossary		286
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"This is the 5th edition of DJ Smith's excellent book on reliability in the real world. Having worked in this field for a number of years, I can honestly say that Mr. Smith has provided a perfect means of understanding the principles behind basic reliability calculations, in a way that is neither condescending nor unneccesarily complex. I recommend this book in the strongest possible terms to readers interested in gaining a greater understanding of the world of reliability engineering without having to trawl through pages of postgraduate mathematics."

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