Reliability Data Handbook

The Reliability Data Handbook focuses on the complete process of data collection, analysis and quality control. The subject of reliability data is covered in depth, reflecting the author’s considerable experience and expertise in the field.

This book is invaluable for practicing engineers in all industries who are performing quantitative reliability, safety or risk studies.

Table of Contents includes:

Fundamentals

Basic Concepts

Component, Equipment and System Reliability

Failure Data and Failure Models

Discrete and Continuous Distributions

Patterns of Failure

Estimating Distribution Parameters

Weibull Analysis

Repairable Systems

Generic Reliability Data Requirements and Data Sources

The No-Data Problem

Data Collection and its Quality Control

Appendices

Glossary

Index