Basic Reliability Engineering Analysis

Preface1 Introduction to BASIC 1.1 Elements of BASIC 1.2 Elementary Operations and Output 1.3 Inputting Data 1.4 Comments 1.5 The IF THEN and GOTO Statements 1.6 Loops 1.7 Variable Types 1.8 Arrays 1.9 Data Statements 1.10 GoSUBs 1.11 Further Reading Problems Programs 1.1 Quadratics 1.2 Mean (Average) of a Data Set 1.3 Mean and Variance 1.4 Volume and Surface of a Sphere 1.5 Density of an Alloy 1.6 Sum of x to the kth Power2 Introduction 2.1 The Definition of Reliability 2.2 The Achievement of Reliability 2.3 References3 Reliability as a Function of Time 3.1 Probability 3.2 Component and Non-repairable Systems Reliability 3.3 The Bathtub Curve 3.4 Models for Failure Rate Worked Examples Problems Programs 3.1 Calculating Estimates of Reliability and Failure Rates 3.2 Reliability at a Given Time or Time to Reach a Given Reliability4 Systems Modeling 4.1 Reliability Block Diagrams 4.2 Maintainability, Availability and Replacement 4.3 Degraded Reliability 4.4 The Specification of Reliability Worked Examples Problems Programs 4.1 Probability of Running out of Spares 4.2 Number of Spares Required 4.3 Solving Equations Using the Gaussian Elimination5 Predicting Reliability during the Design Stage 5.1 Parts Count and Parts Stress 5.2 Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis 5.3 Criticality Matrices 5.4 Fault Tree Analysis 5.5 Minimum Cut Sets Problems6 Estimating Reliability 6.1 Reliability Growth 6.2 Uncertainty in Results 6.3 Classical Statistical Analysis 6.4 Probability Distributions 6.5 Confidence Intervals 6.6 Bayesian Estimation 6.7 Further Distributions 6.8 Weibull Analysis Worked Examples Problems Programs 6.1 Reliability Growth Analysis Using the Duane Model 6.2 Significance Tests 6.3 Confidence Limits 6.4 Simple Bayesian Data Analysis Performed on Binomial, Poisson or Experimental Data 6.5 Weibull Analysis7 Quality Assurance 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Multiple Sampling Schemes Programs 7.1 Simple Sampling Scheme for a Given LQL and UQL 7.2 Analyzing Sampling PlansIndex