Reliability Theory and Practice

1. The Concept of Reliability
2. The Definition of Reliability
3. The Exponential Case of Chance Failures
4. The Derivation of the Reliability Function
5. Useful Life of Components
6. Wearout and Reliability
7. Combined Effects of Chance and Wearout Failures
8. Early Failures and the Life Function of Components
9. The Exponential and Poisson Distributions
10. Reliability of Series Systems
11. Reliability of Parallel Systems
12. Reliability of Stand-by Systems
13. Bayes' Theorem in Reliability
14. Component Modes of Failure and System Reliability
15. Component Failure Rates at System Stress Levels
16. Safety and Reliability of Aircraft and Airborne Systems
17. System Maintenance, Availability, and Dependability
18. Reliability Design Considerations
19. Design Analysis Examples
20. Overhauls and Part Replacements
21. Component Reliability Measurements
22. Confidence Limits
23. System Reliability Measurements
24. Sequential Reliability Tests
25. The Implementation of Reliability
26. The State-of-Art of Reliability
Index