Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety for Engineers

ISBN-13: 9780367352653 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 218 str.

B. S. Dhillon

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Engineered products and systems are an important element of world economy and each year billions of dollars are spent to develop, manufacture, operate, and maintain various types of products and systems around the globe. This book integrates and combines three of those topics to meet today’s needs for the engineers working in these fields.

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CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1.1 Background 1.2 Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety Facts, Figures, and Examples 1.3 Terms and Definitions 1.4 Useful Sources for Obtaining Information on Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety 1.5 Scope of the Book 1.6 Problems 1.7 References CHAPTER 2: Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety Mathematics 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Arithmetic Mean and Mean Deviation 2.3 Boolean Algebra Laws 2.4 Probability Definition and Properties 2.5 Mathematical Definitions 2.6 Probability Distributions 2.7 Solving First Order Differential Equations with Laplace Transforms 2.8 Problems 2.9 References CHAPTER 3: Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety Basics 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Bathtub Hazard Rate Curve 3.3 General Reliability Formulas 3.4 Reliability Networks 3.5 The Importance, Purpose, and Results of Maintainability Efforts 3.6 Maintainability versus Reliability 3.7 Maintainability Functions 3.8 The Role of Engineers in Regard to Safety 3.9 Safety Management Principles and Organization Tasks for Product Safety 3.10 Product Hazard Classifications 3.11 Accident Causation Theories 3.12 Problems 3.13 References CHAPTER 4: Methods for Performing Reliability, Maintainability, Safety Analysis 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) 4.3 Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA) 4.4 Markov Method 4.5 Cause and Effect Diagram 4.6 Probability Tree Analysis 4.7 Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP) 4.8 Technique of Operations Review (TOR) 4.9 Job Safety Analysis 4.10 Interface Safety Analysis (ISA) 4.11 Problems 4.12 References CHAPTER 5: Reliability Management 5.1 Introduction 5.2 General Management Reliability Program Responsibilities and Guiding Force Related Facts for the General Management for an Effective Reliability Program 5.3 A Procedure for Developing Reliability Goals and Useful Guidelines for Developing Reliability Programs 5.4 Reliability and Maintainability Management-Related Tasks in the Product Life Cycle 5.5 Reliability Management Documents and Tools 5.6 Reliability Engineering Department Responsibilities and a Reliability Engineer’s Tasks 5.7 Pitfalls in Reliability Program Management and Useful Rules for Reliability Professionals 5.8 Problems 5.9 References CHAPTER 6: Human and Mechanical Reliability 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Human Error Occurrence Facts and Figures 6.3 Human Error Classifications and Causes 6.4 Human Stress-Performance Effectiveness and Stress Factors 6.5 Human Performance Reliability in Continuous Time and Mean Time to Human Error (MTTHE) Measure 6.6 Human Reliability Analysis Methods 6.7 Mechanical Failure Modes and General Causes 6.8 Safety Factors and Safety Margin 6.9 Stress-Strength Interference Theory Modeling 6.10 Failure Rate Models 6.11 Problems 6.12 References CHAPTER 7: Reliability Testing and Growth 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Reliability Test Classifications 7.3 Success Testing 7.4 Accelerated Life Testing 7.5 Confidence Interval Estimates for Mean Time Between Failures 7.6 Reliability Growth Program and Reliability Growth Process Evaluation Approaches 7.7 Reliability Growth Models 7.8 Problems 7.9 References CHAPTER 8: Maintainability Management 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Maintainability Management Functions During the Product Life Cycle 8.3 Maintainability Organization Functions 8.4 Maintainability Program Plan 8.5 Maintainability Design Reviews 8.6 Maintainability Associated Personnel 8.7 Problems 8.8 References CHAPTER 9: Human Factors in Maintainability 9.1 Introduction 9.2 General Human Behaviors 9.3 Human Body Measurements 9.4 Human Sensory Capabilities 9.5 Visual and Auditory Warning Devices in Maintenance Activities 9.6 Human Factors Formulas 9.7 Problems 9.8 References CHAPTER 10: Maintainability Testing and Demonstration 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Maintainability Testing and Demonstration Planning and Control Requirements 10.3 Useful Checklist for Maintainability Demonstration Plans, Procedures, and Reports 10.4 Maintainability Test Approaches 10.5 Maintainability Testing Methods 10.6 Steps for Performing Maintainability Demonstrations and Evaluating the Results and Guidelines to Avoid Pitfalls in Maintainability Testing 10.7 Problems 10.8 References CHAPTER 11: Safety Management 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Principles of Safety Management 11.3 Functions of Safety Department, Manager, and Engineer 11.4 Steps for Developing a Safety Program Plan and Managerial-Related Deficiencies Leading to Accidents 11.5 Product Safety Management Program and Organization Tasks 11.6 Safety Performance Measures and Drawbacks of the Standard Indexes 11.7 Problems 11.8 References CHAPTER 12: Safety Costing 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Safety Cost –Related Facts, Figures, and Examples 12.3 Losses of a Company Due to an Accident Involving Its Product 12.4 Safety Cost Estimation Methods 12.5 Safety Cost Estimation Models 12.6 Safety Cost Performance Measurements Indexes 12.7 Problems 12.8 References CHAPTER 13: Human Factors in Safety 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Job Stress 13.3 Worksite Analysis Program for Human Factors 13.4 Symptoms of Human Factors-Associated Problems in Organizations, Identification of Specific Human Factors-Associated Problems, and Useful Strategies for Solving Human Factors-Associated Problems 13.5 Useful Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Ergonomics Guidelines 13. 6 Human Factors-Related Safety Issues 13.7 Employee Training and Education 13.8 Problems 13.9 References CHAPTER 14: Software and Robot Safety 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Software Hazard Causing Ways 14.3 Basic Software System Safety-Related Tasks and Software Quality Assurance Organization’s Role in Regard to Software Safety 14.4 Software Safety Assurance Program 14.5 Software Hazard Analysis Methods 14.6 Robot Safety Problems and Accident Types 14.7 Robot Hazard Causes 14.8 Safety Considerations in Robot Life Cycle 14.9 Robot Safeguard Approaches 14.10 Problems 14.11 References