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.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Preventive Maintenance Modeling: State of the Art
Sylwia Werbińska-Wojciechowska
Chapter 2 Inspection Maintenance Modeling for Technical Systems:
An Overview
Sylwia Werbińska-Wojciechowska
Chapter 3 Application of Stochastic Processes in Degradation Modeling:
An Overview
Shah Limon, Ameneh Forouzandeh Shahraki,
and Om Prakash Yadav
Chapter 4 Building a Semi-automatic Design for Reliability Survey with
Semantic Pattern Recognition
Christian Spreafico and Davide Russo
Chapter 5 Markov Chains and Stochastic Petri Nets for Availability and
Reliability Modeling
Paulo Romero Martins Maciel, Jamilson Ramalho Dantas,
and Rubens de Souza Matos Júnior
Chapter 6 An Overview of Fault Tree Analysis and Its Application in Dual
Purposed Cask Reliability in an Accident Scenario
Maritza Rodriguez Gual, Rogerio Pimenta Morão, Luiz
Leite da Silva, Edson Ribeiro, Claudio Cunha Lopes,
and Vagner de Oliveira
Chapter 7 An Overview on Failure Rates in Maintenance Policies
Xufeng Zhao and Toshio Nakagawa
Chapter 8 Accelerated Life Tests with Competing Failure Modes:
An Overview
Kanchan Jain and Preeti Wanti Srivastava
Chapter 9 European Reliability Standards
Miguel Angel Navas, Carlos Sancho, and Jose Carpio
Chapter 10 Time-Variant Reliability Analysis Methods for Dynamic
Structures
Zhonglai Wang and Shui Yu
Chapter 11 Latent Variable Models in Reliability
Laurent Bordes
Chapter 12 Expanded Failure Modes and Effects Analysis: A Different
Approach for System Reliability Assessment
Perdomo Ojeda Manuel, Rivero Oliva Jesús, and Salomón
Llanes Jesús
Chapter 13 Reliability Assessment and Probabilistic Data Analysis of
Vehicle Components and Systems
Zhigang Wei
Chapter 14 Maintenance Policy Analysis of a Marine Power Generating
Multi-state System
Thomas Markopoulos and Agapios N. Platis
Chapter 15 Vulnerability Discovery and Patch Modeling: State of the Art
Avinash K. Shrivastava, P. K. Kapur, and Misbah Anjum
Chapter 16 Signature Reliability Evaluations: An Overview of Different
Systems
Akshay Kumar, Mangey Ram, and S. B. Singh
