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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830035303321

Autore

Raheja Dev

Titolo

Assurance technologies [[electronic resource] ] : principles and practices : a product, process, and system safety perspective / / Dev G. Raheja, Michael Allocco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2006

ISBN

1-280-54979-3

9786610549795

0-470-00942-X

0-470-00941-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (494 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AlloccoMichael

Disciplina

620.00452

658.562

Soggetti

Quality assurance

Industrial design

Reliability (Engineering)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGIES PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGIES, PROFITS, AND MANAGING SAFETY-RELATED RISKS; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Cheaper, Better, and Faster Products; 1.3 What Is System Assurance?; 1.4 Key Management Responsibilities; 1.4.1 Integration; 1.4.2 Budget Consistent with Objectives; 1.4.3 Managing Risk; 1.4.3.1 Managing Safety-Related Risk; 1.4.3.2 Risk Assessment; 1.4.3.3 Risk Types; 1.4.3.4 Risk Terms; 1.4.3.5 Risk Knowledge; 1.5 Is System Assurance a Process?; 1.6 System Assurance Programs; References; Further Reading

CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL CONCEPTS2.1 Probabilistic Designs; 2.2 Probability Computations for Reliability, Safety, and Maintainability; 2.2.1 Construction of a Histogram and the Empirical Distribution; 2.2.2 Computing Reliability; 2.2.3 Failure Rate and Hazard Function; 2.3 Normal Distribution; 2.4 Log Normal Distribution; 2.5 Exponential Distribution; 2.6 Weibull Distribution; 2.7 Data Analysis with Weibull Distribution; 2.8 Discrete Distributions; 2.8.1 Binomial



Distribution; 2.8.2 Poisson Distribution; 2.9 Topics for Student Projects and Theses; References; Further Reading

CHAPTER 3 RELIABILITY ENGINEERING AND SAFETY-RELATED APPLICATIONS3.1 Reliability Principles; 3.2 Reliability in the Design Phase; 3.2.1 Writing Reliability Specifications; 3.2.2 Conducting Design Reviews; 3.2.2.1 Preliminary Design Review; 3.2.2.2 Lessons Learned and Checklists; 3.2.3 Reliability Allocation; 3.2.4 Reliability Modeling; 3.2.4.1 Series Model; 3.2.4.2 Parallel Model; 3.2.5 Reliability Prediction; 3.2.6 Failure-Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis; 3.2.7 Worst-Case Analysis; 3.2.8 Other Analysis Techniques; 3.2.9 Design Improvement Approaches; 3.2.9.1 Derating

3.2.9.2 Fault Tolerance3.3 Reliability in the Manufacturing Phase; 3.4 Reliability in the Test Phase; 3.4.1 Reliability Growth Testing; 3.4.2 Tests for Durability; 3.4.3 Testing for Low Failure Rates; 3.4.4 Burn-in and Screening; 3.5 Reliability in the Use Phase; 3.6 Reliability and Safety Commonalities; 3.6.1 Common System Objective; 3.6.2 Unreliability and Hazards; 3.6.3 Complex Risks; 3.6.4 Potential System Accidents; 3.6.5 Software Reliability and Safety; 3.6.6 Reliability and Safety Trade-offs; 3.6.7 Reliability and Safety Misconceptions; 3.6.7.1 Redundancy; 3.6.7.2 Monitoring

3.6.7.3 Concepts of Probability3.6.7.4 Familiarization to Automation; 3.6.7.5 Reliable Software and Safety Considerations; 3.6.7.6 Reliable Analyses and Safety Applications; 3.7 Topics for Student Projects and Theses; References; Further Reading; CHAPTER 4 MAINTAINABILITY ENGINEERING AND SAFETY-RELATED APPLICATIONS; 4.1 Maintainability Engineering Principles; 4.2 Maintainability during the Design Phase; 4.2.1 Developing Maintainability Specifications; 4.2.2 Design Review for Maintainability; 4.2.3 Maintainability Analysis; 4.2.4 FMECA for Maintainability; 4.2.5 Maintainability Prediction

4.2.6 Life-Cycle Cost Analysis

Sommario/riassunto

The Second Edition features new content, examples,methods, techniques, and best practices Assurance Technologies Principles and Practices is based on the assertion that safety is not a cost, but an excellent investment. According to the authors, more than sixty percent of problems in complex systems arise from incomplete, vague, and poorly written specifications. In keeping with the authors' passion for safety, the text is dedicated to uniting the gamut of disciplines that are essential for effective design applying assurance technology principles, including system safety, reli