Over the last 50 years, the theory and the methods of reliability analysis have developed significantly. Therefore it is very important to the reliability specialist, to be informed of each reliability measure. This book will provide historical developments, current advancements, applications, numerous examples, and many case studies.
Over the last 50 years, the theory and the methods of reliability analysis have developed significantly. Therefore, it is very important to the reliability specialist to be informed of each reliability measure. This book will provide historical developments, current advancements, applications, numerous examples, and many case studies to bring the reader up-to-date with the advancements in this area.
It covers reliability engineering in different branches, includes applications to reliability engineering practice, provides numerous examples to illustrate the theoretical results, and offers case studies along with real-world examples.
This book is useful to engineering students, research scientist, and practitioners working in the field of reliability.
Chapter 1 Preventive Maintenance Modeling: State of the Art
Sylwia Werbiska-Wojciechowska
Chapter 2 Inspection Maintenance Modeling for Technical Systems:
An Overview
Sylwia Werbiska-Wojciechowska
Chapter 3 Application of Stochastic Processes in Degradation Modeling:
An Overview
Shah Limon, Ameneh Forouzandeh Shahraki,
and Om Prakash Yadav
Chapter 4 Building a Semi-automatic Design for Reliability Survey with
Semantic Pattern Recognition
Christian Spreafico and Davide Russo
Chapter 5 Markov Chains and Stochastic Petri Nets for Availability and
Reliability Modeling
Paulo Romero Martins Maciel, Jamilson Ramalho Dantas,
and Rubens de Souza Matos Jśnior
Chapter 6 An Overview of Fault Tree Analysis and Its Application in Dual
Purposed Cask Reliability in an Accident Scenario
Maritza Rodriguez Gual, Rogerio Pimenta Morćo, Luiz
Leite da Silva, Edson Ribeiro, Claudio Cunha Lopes,
and Vagner de Oliveira
Chapter 7 An Overview on Failure Rates in Maintenance Policies
Xufeng Zhao and Toshio Nakagawa
Chapter 8 Accelerated Life Tests with Competing Failure Modes:
An Overview
Kanchan Jain and Preeti Wanti Srivastava
Chapter 9 European Reliability Standards
Miguel Angel Navas, Carlos Sancho, and Jose Carpio
Chapter 10 Time-Variant Reliability Analysis Methods for Dynamic
Structures
Zhonglai Wang and Shui Yu
Chapter 11 Latent Variable Models in Reliability
Laurent Bordes
Chapter 12 Expanded Failure Modes and Effects Analysis: A Different
Approach for System Reliability Assessment
Perdomo Ojeda Manuel, Rivero Oliva Jesśs, and Salomón
Llanes Jesśs
Chapter 13 Reliability Assessment and Probabilistic Data Analysis of
Vehicle Components and Systems
Zhigang Wei
Chapter 14 Maintenance Policy Analysis of a Marine Power Generating
Multi-state System
Thomas Markopoulos and Agapios N. Platis
Chapter 15 Vulnerability Discovery and Patch Modeling: State of the Art
Avinash K. Shrivastava, P. K. Kapur, and Misbah Anjum
Chapter 16 Signature Reliability Evaluations: An Overview of Different
Systems
Akshay Kumar, Mangey Ram, and S. B. Singh
Dr. Mangey Ram received the Ph.D. degree major in Mathematics and minor in Computer Science from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. He has been a Faculty Member for around ten years and has taught several core courses in pure and applied mathematics at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctorate levels. He is currently a Professor at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, India. Before joining the Graphic Era, he was a Deputy Manager (Probationary Officer) with Syndicate Bank for a short period. He is Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences and the Guest Editor & Member of the editorial board of various journals. He is a regular Reviewer for international journals, including IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, Emerald, John Wiley, Taylor & Francis and many other publishers. He has published 150 plus research publications in IEEE, Taylor & Francis, Springer, Elsevier, Emerald, World Scientific and many other national and international journals of repute and also presented his works at national and international conferences. His fields of research are reliability theory and applied mathematics. Dr. Ram is a Senior Member of the IEEE, life member of Operational Research Society of India, Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management in India, Indian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, member of International Association of Engineers in Hong Kong, and Emerald Literati Network in the U.K. He has been a member of the organizing committee of a number of international and national conferences, seminars, and workshops. He has been conferred with "Young Scientist Award" by the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology, Dehradun, in 2009. He has been awarded the "Best Faculty Award" in 2011; "Research Excellence Award" in 2015; and recently "Outstanding Researcher Award" in 2018 for his significant contribution in academics and research at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University, Dehradun, India).
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