Reliability and Maintainability in Perspective: Practical, contractual, commercial and software aspects

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
How Important are Reliability and Maintainability?....Pages 3-7
A Realistic Approach is Cost Conscious....Pages 8-15
Understanding Terms and Jargon....Pages 16-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Design and Assurance For Reliability....Pages 31-41
Design Factors Influencing Down Time....Pages 42-51
Maintenance Philosophy and Down Time....Pages 52-61
Reliability Analysis and Failure Mechanisms....Pages 62-71
Design and Qualification Testing....Pages 72-79
Quality Assurance and Automatic Test Equipment....Pages 80-92
Maintenance Handbooks....Pages 93-98
Making Use of Field Feedback....Pages 99-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Interpreting Data and Demonstrating Reliability....Pages 109-120
Interpreting Variable Failure Rate Data by Probability Plotting....Pages 121-129
Demonstrating Maintainability....Pages 130-133
Reliability Prediction and Modelling....Pages 134-163
Prediction of Repair Times....Pages 164-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Project Management....Pages 181-185
Contract Clauses and their Pitfalls....Pages 186-197
Product Liability and Safety Legislation....Pages 198-205
A Case Study....Pages 207-218
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Software Reliability and Quality Assurance....Pages 219-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Failure Rates and Failure Modes....Pages 239-257
Back Matter....Pages 259-279