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by: David J. Smith
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Topics include: optimum proof test, failed redundant units, dormant failures, proof test interval, fasteners meet, maintainability programme, quantified reliability, random hardware failures, coincident failures, reliability centred maintenance, safety related systems, active redundancy, spares levels, failure rate data, external test equipment, spares provisioning, maximum tolerable risk, system failure mode, preventive replacement, maintainability design, diagnostic coverage, constant failure rate, repair elements, system unavailability, reliability growth
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From Book News, Inc. This textbook deals with all aspects of reliability, maintainability, and safety-related failures. It explains technical terms and jargon, discusses the limitations of reliability parameters, and makes realistic predictions using the minimum of mathematics. This edition incorporates new material on the accuracy of reliability prediction and common cause failure. Smith (former Chair of the Safety and Reliability Society) emphasizes the need to demonstrate that safety- related systems have been assessed against target integrity levels.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Review 'The latest edition of this practical introduction to the basics of reliabilty, maintainability and safety introduces new sections on the accuracy of reliability prediction methods, common cause failures in systems, and expands and updates the descriptions of recent safety standards, in particular ISO 61508 and the use of 'Safety Integrity Levels' (SILs). The book remains a good basic introduction.' Quality and Reliabilty Engineering International, Feb. 2002 "Having worked in this field for a number of years, I can honestly say that Dr. Smith has provided a perfect means of understanding the principles behind basic reliability calculations, in a way that is neither condescending nor unnecessarily complex. I recommend this book in the strongest possible terms to readers interested in gaining a greater understanding of the world of reliability engineering without having to trawl through pages of postgraduate mathematics." Customer review on Amazon 26/4/99 ...it covers enough statistics and basic reliability engineering principles that engineers from various disciplines can benefit from it. This book would make a good reference guide. -Quality Progress Engineers can evaluate power quality and reliability risks using a number of mathematical methods that help determine the areas of vulnerability at a given site. For this reason, Reliability, Maintainability and Risk, 6th Edition, by Dr. David J. Smith, is a highly useful and informative text. -Power Quality, June 2002
Book Description Reliability, Maintainability and Risk has been updated to ensure that it remains the leading reliability textbook and cementing the book's reputation for staying one step ahead of the competition. This 6th edition incorporates brand new material on the accuracy of reliability prediction and common cause failure based on the author's PhD research work. David J. Smith approaches these subjects from an entirely original and unique viewpoint, emphasising that the need to demonstrate that safety-related systems have been assessed against target integrity levels is now commonplace in most industries, and the material contained in this book will address these growing needs. Reliability, Maintainability and Risk has now been established for over 20 years. It deals with all aspects of reliability, maintainability and safety-related failures in a simple and straightforward style, explaining technical terms and jargon and handling the imitations of reliability parameters. It pre-supposes no prior knowledge of the subject - the author deals with numerical data making realistic predictions using the minimum of mathematics. David J. Smith has written seven successful works on reliability, quality, maintainability, software and statistics and is past Chairman of the Safety and Reliability Society. He has been directly concerned with this branch of engineering in the telecommunications, electronics and oil and gas industries for over 25 years. He is well known for his many courses and workshops on reliability engineering and software quality and is in a unique position to provide much-needed information on a burgeoning subject area. Readers will be getting brand new and original information that they cannot get from any other title on the subject of Reliability, Maintainability and Risk. Author is well known and has an excellent track record in this area. He is regarded as highly "readable" and his writing concise and straightforward.
Book Info Textbook on reliability featuring new material on the accuracy of reliability prediction and common cause failure based on the PhD work of the author. Approaches these subjects from a new and unique perspective, dealing with numerical data making predictions using a minimum of mathematics. Previous edition: c1997. Softcover. DLC: Reliability (Engineering). From the Publisher A well-established book has been considerably expanded in this fully revised fifth edition to take account of: * RCM and the optimization of maintenance strategies * Trends in the integrity of safety-related systems * Risk assessment * Updated information on software tools for reliability and risk assessment--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the Author Dr. David J Smith BSc, PhD, CEng, FIEE, HonFSaRS, FIQA, MIGasE, has been directly concerned with reliability, safety and software quality for 30 years. He has written a number of books on the subject as well as numerous papers. His PhD thesis was on the subject of reliability prediction accuracy and common cause failure. He chairs the IGasE panel which develops its guidelines on safety-related systems (now in its third edition). He has also made contributions to IEC 61508.
Reviews:
An ideal guide to the field of reliability for engineers: This is the 5th edition of DJ Smith's excellent book on reliability in the real world. Having worked in this field for a number of years, I can honestly say that Mr. Smith has provided a perfect means of understanding the principles behind basic reliability calculations, in a way that is neither condescending nor unneccesarily complex. I recommend this book in the strongest possible terms to readers interested in gaining a greater understanding of the world of reliability engineering without having to trawl through pages of postgraduate mathematics.