{"product_id":"reliability-maintainability-and-risk-practical-methods-for-engineers-paperback-9780323912617","title":"Reliability, Maintainability and Risk; Practical Methods for Engineers (Paperback) 9780323912617","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReliability, Maintainability and Risk\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePractical Methods for Engineers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnables engineers to meet the contractual and legal expectations of regulators and customers of their products and services\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid J. Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780323912617, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 7 December 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e516 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 19 x 3.2 cm, 1.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReliability, Maintainability and Risk: Practical Methods for Engineers, Tenth Edition\u003c\/i\u003e has taught reliability and safety engineers techniques to minimize process design, operation defects and failures for over 40 years. For beginners, the book provides tactics on how to avoid pitfalls in this complex and wide field. For experts in the field, well-described, realistic and illustrative examples and case studies add new insights and assistance. The author uses his more than 40 years of experience to create a comprehensive and detailed guide to the field, while also providing an excellent description of reliability and risk computation concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe book is organized into many parts, covering reliability parameters and costs, the history of reliability and safety technology, a cost-effective approach to quality, reliability and safety, how to interpret failure rates, a focus on the prediction of reliability and risk, a discussion of design and assurance techniques, and much more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The History of Reliability and Safety Technology 2. Understanding Terms and Jargon 3. A Cost-Effective Approach to Quality, Reliability and Safety 4. Realistic Failure Rates and Prediction Confidence 5. Interpreting Data and Demonstrating Reliability 6. Variable Failure Rates and Probability Plotting 7. Basic Reliability Prediction Theory 8. Methods of Modelling 9. Quantifying the Reliability Models 10. Risk Assessment (QRA) 11. Design and Assurance Techniques 12. Design Review, Test and Reliability Growth 13. Field Data Collection and Feedback 14. Factors Influencing Down Time 15. Predicting and Demonstrating Repair Times 16. Quantified Reliability Centred Maintenance  17. Systematic Failures, Especially Software 18. Project Management and Competence 19. Contract Clauses and Their Pitfalls 20. Product Liability and Safety Legislation 21. Major Incident Legislation 22. Integrity of Safety Related Systems  23. A Case Study: The Datamet Project 24. A Case Study: Gas Detection System 25. A Case Study: Pressure Control System 26. 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