Life Cycle Reliability Engineering - Hardcover

Yang, Guang

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471715298 ISBN 13: 9780471715290

Publisher: Wiley, 2007

Synopsis

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

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About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

Product reliability engineering from concept to marketplace

In today's global, competitive business environment, reliability professionals are continually challenged to improve reliability, shorten design cycles, reduce costs, and increase customer satisfaction. Life Cycle Reliability Engineering details practical, effective, and up-to-date techniques to assure reliability throughout the product life cycle, from planning and designing through testing and warranting performance. These techniques allow ongoing quality initiatives, including those based on Six Sigma and the Taguchi methods, to yield maximized output. Complete with real-world examples, case studies, and exercises, this resource covers:

• Reliability definition, metrics, and product life distributions (exponential, Weibull, normal, lognormal, and more)
• Methodologies, tools, and practical applications of system reliability modeling and allocation
• Robust reliability design techniques
• Potential failure mode avoidance, including Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• Accelerated life test methods, models, plans, and data analysis techniques
• Degradation testing and data analysis methods, covering both destructive and nondestructive inspections
• Practical methodologies for reliability verification and screening
• Warranty policies, data analysis, field failure monitoring, and warranty cost reduction

All reliability techniques described are immediately applicable to product planning, designing, testing, stress screening, and warranty analysis. This book is a must-have resource for engineers and others responsible for reliability and quality and for graduate students in quality and reliability engineering courses.

In today's global, competitive business environment, reliability professionals are continually challenged to improve reliability, shorten design cycles, reduce costs, and increase customer satisfaction. Life Cycle Reliability Engineering details practical, effective, and up-to-date techniques to assure reliability throughout the product life cycle, from planning and designing through testing and warranting performance. These techniques allow ongoing quality initiatives, including those based on Six Sigma and the Taguchi methods, to yield maximized output. Complete with real-world examples, case studies, and exercises, this resource covers:

• Reliability definition, metrics, and product life distributions (exponential, Weibull, normal, lognormal, and more)
• Methodologies, tools, and practical applications of system reliability modeling and allocation
• Robust reliability design techniques
• Potential failure mode avoidance, including Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• Accelerated life test methods, models, plans, and data analysis techniques
• Degradation testing and data analysis methods, covering both destructive and nondestructive inspections
• Practical methodologies for reliability verification and screening
• Warranty policies, data analysis, field failure monitoring, and warranty cost reduction

All reliability techniques described are immediately applicable to product planning, designing, testing, stress screening, and warranty analysis. This book is a must-have resource for engineers and others responsible for reliability and quality and for graduate students in quality and reliability engineering courses.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471715298
• ISBN 13: 9780471715290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544