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Maintainability, maintenance, and reliability for engineers
1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations
"The demands of the global economy require manufacturers to produce highly reliable and easily maintainable engineering products. Recent studies indicate that for many large and sophisticated products or systems, maintenance, and support account for as much as 60 to 75 percent of their life cycle costs. Therefore, the role of maintainability, maintenance, and reliability has become increasingly significant. Satisfying the pressing need for a volume that addresses these subjects with an interdiscilinary approach, Maintainability, Maintenance, and Reliability for Engineers distills knowledge specific to each discipline into one comprehensive resource. After reviewing the history of all three fields and their interrelationships, the book covers mathematical concepts such as Boolean algebra laws, probability properties, mathematical definitions, and probability distributions. It includes reliability evaluation methods such as fault tree analysis, network reduction method, delta-method, Markov method, supplementary variables method, and reliabitity management, both mechanical and human. Highlihting maintainibility tools and functions, the author discusses topics in maintainibility management and costing including tasks during product life cycle, program plan, organization functions, design reviews, life cycle costing, investment cost elements, and life cycle cost estimation models. The author also includes coverage of maintenance engineering, focusing on safety, quality, corrective, and preventive maintenance. The book concludes with coverage of maintenance management costing and human errror in engineering maintenance and contains 60 illustrations, 16 tables, and more than 200 equations. There is a definite need to considermaintainibility, maintenance, and reliability during product/system design and other phases. To achieve this goal effectively, it is absoulutely imperative to have a certain degree of understanding of each of these disciplines. Although many books cover one or two of these topics, this is the first to cover all three in a manner useful to engineering professionals."--Publisher's website
INTRODUCTION; Need for Maintainability, Maintenance, and Reliability; History; Maintainability, Maintenance, and Reliability Terms and Definitions; Useful Information on Maintainability, Maintenance, and Reliability; Problems; References; ; MAINTAINABILITY, MAINTENANCE,
AND RELIABILITY MATHEMATICS; Introduction; Boolean Algebra Laws and Probability Properties; Useful Definitions and Probability Distributions; Laplace Transforms and their Applications to Differential Equations; Problems; References; ; INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING RELIABILITY; Need for Reliability; Bathtub Hazard Rate Concept; General Reliability Analysis Formulas; Reliability Networks; Reliability Allocation; Problems; References; ; RELIABILITY EVALUATION TOOLS; Introduction; Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA); Network Reduction Method; Decomposition Method; Delta-Star Method; Markov Method; Supplementary Variables Method; Problems; References; ; RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT; Introduction; General Management Reliability Program Responsibilities; A Method for Establishing Reliability Goals and Guidelines for Developing Reliability Programs; Reliability and Maintainability Management Tasks in System Life Cycle; Reliability.
Management Tools and Documents; Reliability Department Functions and Tasks of A Reliability Engineer; Pitfalls in Reliability Program Management; Problems; References; ; MECHANICAL AND HUMAN RELIABILITY; Introduction; General Mechanical Failure Causes and Modes; Safety Factors; Stress-Strength Interference Theory Modeling; Graphical Method for Estimating A Mechanical Item's Reliability; Human Error Occurrence Facts and Figures; Human Error Categories and Causes; Human Stress-performance Effectiveness and Stress Factors; Human Performance Reliability in Continuous Time and Mean Time to Human Error Measure; Methods for Performing Human Reliability Analysis; Problems; References; ; INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING MAINTAINABILITY; The Need for Maintainability; Engineering Maintainability versus Engineering Maintenance; Maintainability Versus Reliability; Maintainability Functions; Problems; References; ; MAINTAINABILITY TOOLS AND SPECIFIC.
MAINTAINABILITY DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; Introduction; Fault Tree Analysis; Cause and Effect Diagram; Failure Modes, Effects,
And Criticality Analysis (FMECA); Total Quality Management; Maintainability Design Factors; Standardization and Modularization; Simplification and Accessibility; Interchangeability and Identification; Problems; References; ; MAINTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT AND COSTING; Introduction; Maintainability Management Tasks During the Product Life Cycle; Maintainability Organization Functions; Maintainability Program Plan; Maintainability Design Reviews; Maintainability Investment Cost Elements; Life Cycle Costing; Life Cycle Cost Estimation Models; Problems; References; ; HUMAN FACTORS IN MAINTAINABILITY; Introduction; General Human Behaviors; Human Sensory Capabilities and Body Measurements; Auditory and Visual Warnings in Maintenance Work; Human Factors-related Formulas; Problems; References; ; INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING MAINTENANCE; Need for Maintenance; Facts and Figures Related to Engineering Maintenance; Maintenance.
Engineering Objectives; Maintenance-related Data Information Sources; Maintenance Measures; Safety in Maintenance; Quality in Maintenance; Problems; References; ; CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; Introduction; Types of Corrective Maintenance; Corrective Maintenance Steps, Downtime Components,
And Time-reduction Strategies at the System Level; Corrective Maintenance Measures; Mathematical Models for Performing Corrective Maintenance; Preventive Maintenance Components and A Principle for Choosing Items for Preventive Maintenance; Steps for Developing A Preventive Maintenance Program; Preventive Maintenance Measures; Mathematical Models for Performing Preventive Maintenance; Preventive Maintenance Benefits and Drawbacks; Problems; References; ; RELIABILITY-CENTERED MAINTENANCE; Introduction; RCM Goals and Principles; RCM Process-associated Questions and the RCM Process; Key RCM Program Elements; RCM Program Measures; RCM Benefits and Causes for RCM Methodology Failures; Problems; References; ; MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT AND COSTING; Introduction; Maintenance Management Principles; Maintenance Department Organization And Functions; Effective Maintenance Management Elements; Questions for Evaluating Maintenance Program.
Effectiveness; Maintenance Costing Reasons and Maintenance Cost Influences; Cost Data Collection and Sources; Maintenance Labor-cost Estimation Models; Maintenance Cost Estimation Models for Specific Equipment or Facility; Problems; References; ; HUMAN ERROR IN ENGINEERING MAINTENANCE; Introduction; Maintenance Error-related Facts and Figures; Reasons for Human Error in Maintenance; Major Human Failures in Maintenance and Classifications of Maintenance Errors and their Occurrence; Human Error in Maintenance Prediction Models; Useful Guidelines for Reducing Maintenance Errors; Problems; References; ; SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE, ROBOTIC MAINTENANCE,
AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE; Introduction; Software Maintenance Facts and Figures; Software Maintenance Types; Software Maintenance Tools and Guidelines for Reducing Software Maintenance; Software Maintenance Cost Estimation Models; Robot Maintenance Requirements and Types; Robot Parts and Tools for Maintenance and Repair; Robot Inspection; Guidelines for Safeguarding Robot Maintenance Personnel; A Model for Maximizing the Income of A Robot Subject to Repair; Medical Equipment Classification and Indexes for Maintenance and Repair; A Computerized Maintenance Management System for Medical Equipment and its Selection; Models for Medical Equipment Maintenance; Problems; References; Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.