The Reliability of Mechanical Systems

Clarifying reliability techniques for mechanical systems Engineers strive for reliability with each design they create, an often daunting responsibility that can involve more technical knowledge than the design itself. The Reliability of Mechanical Systems provides practical guidance, bringing clarity to reliability engineering techniques and making complex technical concepts accessible to those who may not understand the language of reliability enough to effectively use the techniques they already know. With detailed explanations of CUSUM analysis, Laplace trends, and more, this book adds value to the work of any engineer.

Part One: The philosophy, principles, and concepts of reliability engineering The concept of mechanical reliability Operational and cost implications Summary. Part Two: Analysis of in-service reliability experience Analysis of in-service experience for mechanical components Analysis of in-service experience for repairable systems Part Three: A basic approach to reliability assessment for mechanical process systems Uses of reliability assessment The analysis of simple systems Active parallel systems with partial redundancy and systems with standby units  Part Four: Techniques for process plant reliability assessment Reliability prediction Fault Tree Analysis Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Complex systems: some further methods of analysis Part Five: Collection and processing of reliability data Introduction to data collection Data requirements and reliability parameters Reliability data collection systems Part Six: Case Studies