Reliability, Maintainability and Risk Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
Pt. 1	Understanding Reliability Parameters and Costs	1
1	The history of reliability and safety technology	3
2	Understanding terms and jargon	11
3	A cost-effective approach to quality, reliability and safety	23
Pt. 2	Interpreting Failure Rates	33
4	Realistic failure rates and prediction confidence	35
5	Interpreting data and demonstrating reliability	47
6	Variable failure rates and probability plotting	58
Pt. 3	Predicting Reliability and Risk	71
7	Essential reliability theory	73
8	Methods of modelling	87
9	Quantifying the reliability models	114
10	Risk assessment (QRA)	128
Pt. 4	Achieving Reliability and Maintainability	140
11	Design and assurance techniques	142
12	Design review and test	155
13	Field data collection and feedback	164
14	Factors influencing down time	173
15	Predicting and demonstrating repair times	193
16	Quantified reliability centred maintenance	205
17	Software quality/reliability	213
Pt. 5	Legal, Management and Safety Considerations	231
18	Project management	233
19	Contract clauses and their pitfalls	238
20	Product liability and safety legislation	248
21	Major incident legislation	254
22	Integrity of safety-related systems	263
23	A case study: The Datamet Project	273
	App. 1: Glossary	283
App. 2	Percentage points of the Chi-square distribution	292
App. 3	Microelectronics failure rates	296
App. 4	General failure rates	298
App. 5	Failure mode percentages	305
App. 6	Human error rates	308
App. 7	Fatality rates	310
	App. 8: Anwers to exercises	312
	App. 9: Bibliography	317
App. 10	Scoring criteria for BETAPLUS common cause model	320
App. 11	Example of HAZOP	327
App. 12	HAZID checklist	330
	Index	333