Over the last 50 years, the theory and the methods of reliability analysis have developed significantly. Therefore, it is very important to the reliability specialist to be informed of each reliability measure. This book will provide historical developments, current advancements, applications, numerous examples, and many case studies to bring the reader up-to-date with the advancements in this area.
It covers reliability engineering in different branches, includes applications to reliability engineering practice, provides numerous examples to illustrate the theoretical results, and offers case studies along with real-world examples.
This book is useful to engineering students, research scientist, and practitioners working in the field of reliability.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Preventive Maintenance Modeling : State of the Art
Chapter 2 : Inspection Maintenance Modeling for Technical Systems : An Overview
Chapter 3 : Application of Stochastic Processes in Degradation Modeling : An Overview
Chapter 4 : Building a Semi-automatic Design for Reliability Survey with Semantic Pattern Recognition
Chapter 5 : Markov Chains and Stochastic Petri Nets for Availability and Reliability Modeling
Chapter 6 : An Overview of Fault Tree Analysis and Its Application in Dual Purposed Cask Reliability in an Accident Scenario
Chapter 7 : An Overview on Failure Rates in Maintenance Policies
Chapter 8 : Accelerated Life Tests with Competing Failure Modes : An Overview
Chapter 9 : European Reliability Standards
Chapter 10 : Time-Variant Reliability Analysis Methods for Dynamic Structures
Chapter 11 : Latent Variable Models in Reliability
Chapter 12 : Expanded Failure Modes and Effects Analysis : A Different Approach for System Reliability Assessment
Chapter 13 : Reliability Assessment and Probabilistic Data Analysis of Vehicle Components and Systems
Chapter 14 : Maintenance Policy Analysis of a Marine Power Generating Multi-state System
Chapter 15 : Vulnerability Discovery and Patch Modeling : State of the Art
Chapter 16 : Signature Reliability Evaluations : An Overview of Different Systems
Index
