Life Cycle Reliability Engineering

As the Lead Reliability Engineer for Ford Motor Company, Guangbin Yang is involved with all aspects of the design and production of complex automotive systems. Focusing on real-world problems and solutions, Life Cycle Reliability Engineering covers the gamut of the techniques used for reliability assurance throughout a product's life cycle. Yang pulls real-world examples from his work and other industries to explain the methods of robust design (designing reliability into a product or system ahead of time), statistical and real product testing, software testing, and ultimately verification and warranting of the final product's reliability

DR. GUANGBIN YANG is a Reliability Technical Expert at Ford Motor Company. He is Chair of the Automotive Systems Committee of the IEEE Reliability Society and was the recipient of the Society's Engineer of the Year Award for 2002.?A recognized leader in areas of reliability and quality, he has published numerous articles in technical journals.

Preface
Reliability Engineering and Product Life Cycle
Reliability Engineering
Product Life Cycle
Integration of Reliability Engineering into Product Life Cycle
Reliability in Concurrent Product Realization Process.Problems
Reliability Definition, Metrics and Product Life Distributions
Introduction
Reliability Definition
Reliability Metrics
Exponential Distribution
Weibull Distribution
Mixed Weibull Distribution
Smallest Extreme Value Distribution
Normal Distribution
Lognormal distribution
Problems
Reliability Planning and Specification
Introduction
Understanding Customer Expectations and Satisfaction
Setting Reliability Requirements
Reliability Program Development
Reliability Design and Design for Six Sigma.Problems
System Reliability Evaluation and Allocation
Introduction
Reliability Block Diagram
Series Systems
Parallel Systems
Mixed Configurations
k-out-of-n Systems
Redundant Systems
Reliability Evaluation of Complex Systems
Confidence Intervals for System Reliability
Measures of Component Importance
Reliability Allocation
Problems
Reliability Improvement Through Robust Design
Introduction
Reliability and Robustness
Reliability Degradation and Quality Loss
Robust Design Process
Boundary Definition and Interaction Analysis
P-Diagram
Noise Effects Management
Design of Experiments
Experimental Life Data Analysis
Experimental Degradation Data Analysis
Design Optimization
Robust Reliability Design of Diagnostic Systems
A Case Study
Advanced Topics on Robust Design
Appendix: Orthogonal Arrays, Linear Graphs and Interaction Tables
Problems
Potential Failure Mode Avoidance
Introduction
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Advanced Topics on FMEA
Fault Tree Analysis
Advanced Topics on FTA
Computer-Aided Design Controls
Problems
Accelerated Life Tests
Introduction
Development of Test Plans
Common Stresses and Their Effects
Life-Stress Relationships
Graphical Reliability Estimation at Individual Test Conditions
Analytical Reliability Estimation at Individual Test Conditions
Reliability Estimation at Use Condition
Compromise Test Plans
Highly Accelerated Life Tests
Problems
Degradation Testing and Analysis
Introduction
Determination of Critical Performance Characteristic
Reliability Estimation from Pseudo Life
Degradation Analysis with Random-Effect Models
Degradation Analysis for Destructive Inspections
Stress-Accelerated Degradation Tests
Accelerated Degradation Tests with Tightened Thresholds
Accelerated Degradation Test Planning
Problems
Reliability Verification Testing
Introduction
Planning Reliability Verification Tests
Bogey Testing
Sample Size Reduction by Tail-Testing
Sequential Life Testing
Reliability Verification Using Prior Information
Reliability Verification Through Degradation
Testing
Problems
Stress Screening
Introduction
Concept of Screening Techniques
Design of Screen Plans
Principle of Degradation Screening
Part-Level Degradation Screening
Module-Level Screening
Module Reliability Modeling
Cost Modeling
Optimal Screen Plans
Problems
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