Regional water system management: water conservation, water supply and system integration

 Content: Case Studies in Reliability and Maintenance --
 Contents --
 Contributors --
 Preface --
 1. Introduction and Overview --
 1.1. Introduction --
 1.2. Reliability, Maintenance, Maintainability, and Quality --
 1.3. History of Reliability and Maintainability --
 1.4. Applications --
 1.5. Life Cycle Concepts --
 1.6. Tools and Techniques for the Study of Reliability --
 1.7. Reliability and Maintenance Data and Analysis --
 1.8. Issues in Reliability and Maintenance --
 1.9. Case Studies: An Overview --
 References --
 PART A. CASES WITH EMPHASIS ON PRODUCT DESIGN --
 2. Space Interferometer Reliability-Based Design Evaluation --
 2.1. Introduction --
 2.2. Problem Description --
 2.3. Alternative Optical Interferometer Designs --
 2.4. Evaluation of Alternative Designs --
 2.5. Interpretations, Conclusions, and Extensions --
 References --
 Exercises --
 Acronyms --
 3. Confidence Intervals for Hardware Reliability Predictions --
 3.1. Introduction --
 3.2. Approach --
 3.3. Problem Description --
 3.4. Reliability Modeling --
 3.5. Subassembly Hardware Reliability Prediction --
 3.6. Construction of Component Failure Rate Database --
 3.7. Comparing Field Reliability Results with Predictions --
 3.8. Implementation --
 3.9. Conclusions --
 References --
 Exercises --
 4. Allocation of Dependability Requirements in Power Plant Design --
 4.1. Introduction --
 4.2. System Characterization --
 4.3. Modeling Dependability and Requirements --
 4.4. Allocation of Requirements --
 4.5. Continued Allocation in the Fault Tree --
 4.6. Conclusions --
 References --
 Exercises --
 PART B. CASES WITH EMPHASIS ON DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING --
 5. The Determination of the Design Strength of Granite Used as External Cladding for Buildings --
 5.1. Introduction --
 5.2. Properties of Granite --
 5.3. Reliability Criteria --
 5.4. Current Practices --
 5.5. Case Study --
 5.6. Conclusions --
 References --
 Exercises --
 Appendix A. Rosa Antico Data --
 Appendix B. White Berrocal Data --
 6. Use of Sensitivity Analysis to Assess the Effect of Model Uncertainty in Analyzing Accelerated Life Test Data --
 6.1. Introduction --
 6.2. Weibull Distribution and Initial Data Analysis --
 6.3. Response Surface Model Analysis --
 6.4. Effect of Stroke Displacement on Spring Life --
 6.5. Concluding Remarks --
 References --
 Exercises --
 Appendix A. SPLIDA Commands for the Analyses --
 Appendix B. Spring-Accelerated Life Test Data --
 7. Virtual Qualification of Electronic Hardware --
 7.1. Introduction --
 7.2. Automotive Module Case Study --
 7.3. Summary --
 References --
 Exercises --
 8. Development of a Moisture Soak Model for Surface-Mounted Devices --
 8.1. Introduction --
 8.2. Experimental Procedure and Results --
 8.3. The Moisture Soak Model --
 8.4. Discussion --
 References --
 Exercises --
 9. Construction of Reliable Software in Resource-Constrained Environments --
 9.1. Introduction --
 9.2. Constrained Development --
 9.3. Model and Metrics --
 9.4. Case Studies --
 9.5. Summary --
 References --
 Exercises --
 10. Modeling and Analysis of Software S