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Author:   U Dinesh Kumar ,  John Crocker ,  J. Knezevic ,  M El-Haram
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   2000 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.980kg
ISBN:  

9780412842405

ISBN 10:   0412842408
Pages:   490
Publication Date:   30 September 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: Reliability, Maintenance and Logistic Support - Introduction.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 The Life Cycle of A System.- 1.3 Concept of Failure.- 1.4 Apollo 13 — Case Study.- 2: Probability Theory.- 2.1 Probability Terms and Definitions.- 2.2 Elementary Theory of Probability.- 2.3. Probability and Experimental Data.- 2.4. Probability Distribution.- 2.5. Random Variable.- 2.6. The Probability Distribution of Random Variable.- 2.7. Discrete Theoretical Probability Distributions.- 2.8. Continuous Theoretical Probability Distributions.- 3: Reliability Measures.- 3.1. Failure Function.- 3 2 Reliability Function.- 3.3. Despatch Reliability.- 3.4. Hazard Function (Hazard Rate or Instantaneous Failure Rate).- 3.5. Mean Time to Failure (MTTF).- 3.6. Mean Operating Time Between Failures (MTBF).- 3.7. Percentile Life (TTFP OR BP%).- 3.8. Maintenance Free Operating Period (MFOP).- 3.9. Software Reliability Characteristics.- 4: Systems Reliability.- 4.1. Reliability Block Diagram.- 4.2. Reliability Measures for Series Configuration.- 4.3. Life Exchange Rate Matrix.- 4.4. Parallel Configuration.- 4.5. R-OUT-OF-N Systems.- 4.6. Series and Parallel Configuration.- 4.7. Redundant Systems.- 4.8. Complex Reliability Block Diagrams.- 4.9. Cut Set Approach for Reliability Evaluation.- 4.10. Case Study on Aircraft Engines.- 4.11. Systems Reliability Evaluation - Stochastic Models.- 4.12. Stochastic Processes.- 4.13. Markov Process.- 4.14. Non-Homogeneous Poisson Process (NHPP).- 4.15. Renewal Process.- 5: Maintainability and Maintenance.- 5.1. Concept of Maintainability.- 5.2. Measures of Maintainability.- 5.3. Maintainability Demonstration.- 5.4. Maintenance.- 5.5. Maintenance Concept.- 5.6. Levels Of Maintenance.- 5.7. Maintenance Task Classification.- 5.8. Maintenance Policies.- 5.9.Maintenance Resources.- 5.10. Maintenance Induced Failures.- 5.1 1. Maintenance Cost.- 5.12. Aircraft Maintenance - Case Study.- 6: Maintenance Optimisation.- 6.1 Preventive Maintenance and Reliability.- 6.2 Optimal Replacement Times.- 6.3 Repair Vs Replacement.- 6.4 Reliability Centred Maintenance.- 6.5 Age Related Maintenance.- 6.6 Total Productive Maintenance.- 6.7 Computerised Maintenance Management System.- 7: Supportability and Logistics.- 7.1 Supportability - Terms and Definitions.- 7.2 Supportability Measures.- 7.3 Recondition.- 7.4 Obsolescence.- 7.5 Level of Repair Analysis.- 7.6 Testability, Inspection and Diagnostics.- 7.7 No Fault Found (NFF).- 7.8 Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and Supportability.- 7.9 Continuous Acquisition and Life Cycle Support (CALS).- 7.10 Case Study: Supportability and Logistics at British Airways.- 8: Spare Parts Provisioning and Management.- 8.1 Basic Concepts and Definitions.- 8.2 Modelling Demand Rate.- 8.3 Mathematical Models for Demand Prediction.- 8.4 Demand for Spares - Constant Vs Increasing Failure Rate.- 8.5 Forecasting Models for Consumable (Discardable) Spare Parts.- 8.6 Models for Repairable Spare Parts.- 8.7 Multi-Indenture Spare Model.- 8.8 Multi-Echelon Spare Models.- 8.9 Spares Provisioning Under Special Contractual Requirements.- 8.10 Inventory Management.- 8.11 Optimisation Methods.- 8.13 Use of Simulation Models in Spares Provisioning.- 8.14 Optimisation Using Simulation.- 9: Integrated Logistic Support.- 9.1 History of Ils.- 9 2 Reliability Plans.- 9.3. Whole Life Cost.- 9.4. Maintenance Planning.- 9.5. Technical Publications.- 9.6. Software Configuration Control.- 9.7. Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transportation (PHS&T).- 9.8. Support and Test Equipment.- 9.9. Software Testing.- 9.10. Training and Training Equipment.- 9.11. Logistic Support Analysis (LSA).- 10: Availability.- 10.1 Point Availability.- 10.2. Achieved Availability.- 10.3. Operational Availability.- 11: Design for Reliability, Maintinability and Supportability.- 11.1. Reliability Allocation.- 11.2. Maintainability Allocation.- 11.3. Supportability Allocation.- 11.4. Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis.- 11.5. Fault Tree Analysis.- 11.6. Fault Tree Analysis Case Study - Passenger Elevator.- 11.7. Fault Tolerant Software.- 11.8. Life Cycle Costing.- 12: Analysis of Reliability, Maintenance and Supportability Data.- 12.1. Reliability, Maintenance and Supportability Data.- 12.2. Estimation of Parameters - Empirical Approach.- 12.3. Analysis of Censored Data.- 12.4. Fitting Probability Distributions Graphically.- 12.5. Regression.- 12.6. Maximum Likelihood Estimation.- References.

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