Reliability, Maintainability and Risk: Practical Methods for Engineers including Reliability Centred Maintenance and Safety-Related Systems - Softcover

Smith, Dr David J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750666943 ISBN 13: 9780750666947

Verlag: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005

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For over 30 years, Reliability, Maintainability and Risk has been recognised as a leading text for reliability and maintenance professionals. Now in its seventh edition, the book has been updated to remain the first choice for professional engineers and students. The seventh edition incorporates new material on important topics including software failure, the latest safety legislation and standards, product liability, integrity of safety-related systems, as well as delivering an up-to-date review of the latest approaches to reliability modelling, including cutsec ranking. It is also supported by new detailed case studies on reliability and risk in practice.

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Dr. David J Smith BSc, PhD, CEng, FIEE, HonFSaRS, FIQA, MIGasE, has been directly concerned with reliability, safety and software quality for 30 years. He has written a number of books on the subject as well as numerous papers. His PhD thesis was on the subject of reliability prediction accuracy and common cause failure. He chairs the IGasE panel which develops its guidelines on safety-related systems (now in its third edition). He has also made contributions to IEC 61508.

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Now in its seventh edition, Reliability, Maintainability and Risk continues to provide a clear introduction for all engineers working in areas of risk, maintenance and reliability. This updated edition incorporates new material on important topics including software failure, the latest safety legislation and standards, product liability and integrity of safety-related systems, as well as covering recent changes in the approach to reliability modelling. It is also supported by topical and detailed case studies on reliability and risk based on the author s extensive experience.

The leading reliability reference for over 30 years
Covers all key aspects of reliability and risk in an accessible way - ideal for hands-on applications
Includes new material on software failure, safety legislation, redundancy modelling, safety systems and new case studies on reliability and risk in practice

Dealing with all aspects of reliability, maintainability and safety-related failures in a proven simple and straightforward way, the book pre-supposes no prior knowledge of the subject and deals realistically with numerical data, making predictions using the minimum of mathematics and technical jargon.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0750666943
• ISBN 13: 9780750666947
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
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