Practical Application of Dependability Engineering : An Effective Approach to Managing Dependability in Technological and Evolving Systems

This book provides a wealth of practical knowledge and industry best practices to address dependability management and engineering issues with helpful guidance and checklists from a system life cycle perspective, hence making this book a valued asset as a comprehensive desk-top reference. The topics presented in this book highlight the essence of life cycle management practices and systematic cost-effective solutions focusing on dependability performance characteristics for project risk avoidance and failure prevention. The dedicated chapters of relevant dependability topics are organized and structured to facilitate easy comprehension that would appeal to educators to use this as an instructional textbook to train new dependability engineers.

This book is intended for engineers and practitioners who need to solve problems and find answers to achieve dependability performance of technological and evolving systems.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Foreword
About the Authors

Chapter 1 : Introduction to Dependability
Chapter 2 : Life Cycle Approach for Dependability
Chapter 3 : Specification of Dependability Requirements
Chapter 4 : Dependability Engineering in System Design and Realization
Chapter 5 : Software Dependability
Chapter 6 : Dependability Information Management
Chapter 7 : Sustaining Dependability Performance During Operation
Chapter 8 : Maintainability, Supportability and Maintenance Engineering
Chapter 9 : Dependability Assurance
Chapter 10 : Dependability Value

Appendix A : Glossary of Terms
Appendix B: System Life Cycle Process for Dependability Application
Appendix C : Example of a System Dependability Specification
Appendix D : Dependability Engineering Checklists
Appendix E : Reliability Improvement of Reliquefaction System for LNG Carriers
Appendix F : Compressor Station Availability
Appendix G : Maintainability of a Gas Turbine
Appendix H : Example of a Steam Turbine
Index