Introduction to Reliability Engineering, 3/e (Hardcover)

Introduction to Reliability Engineering

A complete revision of the classic text on reliability engineering, written by an expanded author team with increased industry perspective

Introduction to Reliability Engineering provides a thorough and well-balanced overview of the fundamental aspects of reliability engineering and describes the role of probability and statistical analysis in predicting and evaluating reliability in a range of engineering applications. Covering both foundational theory and real-world practice, this classic textbook helps students of any engineering discipline understand key probability concepts, random variables and their use in reliability, Weibull analysis, system safety analysis, reliability and environmental stress testing, redundancy, failure interactions, and more.

Extensively revised to meet the needs of today's students, the Third Edition fully reflects current industrial practices and provides a wealth of new examples and problems that now require the use of statistical software for both simulation and analysis of data. A brand-new chapter examines Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and the Reliability Testing chapter has been greatly expanded, while new and expanded sections cover topics such as applied probability, probability plotting with software, the Monte Carlo simulation, and reliability and safety risk. Throughout the text, increased emphasis is placed on the Weibull distribution and its use in reliability engineering. Presenting students with an interdisciplinary perspective on reliability engineering, this textbook:

• Presents a clear and accessible introduction to reliability engineering that assumes no prior background knowledge of statistics and probability
• Teaches students how to solve problems involving reliability data analysis using software including Minitab and Excel
• Features new and updated examples, exercises, and problems sets drawn from a variety of engineering fields
• Includes several useful appendices, worked examples, answers to selected exercises, and a companion website

Introduction to Reliability Engineering, Third Edition remains the perfect textbook for both advanced undergraduate and graduate students in all areas of engineering and manufacturing technology.

《可靠性工程導論》

《可靠性工程導論》是一本經典教材的全面修訂版，由擴展的作者團隊撰寫，增加了行業觀點。

本書全面而平衡地介紹了可靠性工程的基本概念，並描述了概率和統計分析在預測和評估各種工程應用中的可靠性方面的作用。本書既涵蓋了基礎理論，又包含了實際應用，幫助任何工程學科的學生理解關鍵的概率概念、隨機變量及其在可靠性中的應用、威布爾分析、系統安全分析、可靠性和環境應力測試、冗余、故障交互作用等。

第三版根據當今學生的需求進行了廣泛修訂，完全反映了當前的工業實踐，並提供了大量新的例子和問題，現在需要使用統計軟件進行模擬和數據分析。全新的一章介紹了故障模式與效應分析（FMEA），可靠性測試章節得到了大幅擴展，而新的和擴展的部分則涵蓋了應用概率、使用軟件進行概率繪圖、蒙特卡洛模擬以及可靠性和安全風險等主題。全書更加強調了威布爾分布及其在可靠性工程中的應用。本教材以跨學科的視角向學生呈現可靠性工程，具有以下特點：

- 提供了清晰易懂的可靠性工程入門，不需要先備的統計和概率知識。
- 教導學生如何使用Minitab和Excel等軟件解決涉及可靠性數據分析的問題。
- 提供了來自各種工程領域的新的和更新的例子、練習和問題集。
- 包含了幾個有用的附錄、解題示例、選定練習的答案以及一個配套網站。

《可靠性工程導論，第三版》仍然是所有工程和製造技術領域的高年級本科生和研究生的理想教材。

James E. Breneman established and headed the Engineering Technical University at Pratt and Whitney, which provided more than 450,000 hours of instruction to employees during his tenure. Now retired, Breneman has taught many public course offerings for the ASQ Reliability & Risk Division. In 2018 he was awarded the Eugene L. Grant Medal for outstanding leadership in educational programs in quality.

Chittaranjan Sahay holds the Vernon D. Roosa Distinguished Professor Chair in Manufacturing and Professorship in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hartford, where he has held various offices including Associate Dean and Director of the Graduate Programs of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, and Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department.

Elmer E. Lewis is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. He has held appointments as Visiting Professor at the University of Stuttgart and as Guest Scientist at the Nuclear Research Center at Karlsruhe, Germany. He has been a frequent consultant to Argonne and Los Alamos National Laboratories as well as a number of industrial firms.

James E. Breneman在普拉特和惠特尼公司建立並領導了工程技術大學，在他的任期內為員工提供了超過45萬小時的教學。如今已退休的Breneman曾為ASQ可靠性和風險部門提供過多個公開課程。2018年，他獲得了對優秀的質量教育項目領導的尤金·L·格蘭特獎章。

Chittaranjan Sahay擁有哈特福大學的Vernon D. Roosa卓越教授講座和機械工程教授職位，他曾擔任該學院工程、技術和建築學院的副院長和研究生項目主任，以及機械工程系主任。

Elmer E. Lewis是西北大學麥考密克工程學院的機械工程教授。他曾任斯圖加特大學的客座教授，並在德國卡爾斯魯厄核研究中心擔任客座科學家。他曾多次擔任阿貢國家實驗室和洛斯阿拉莫斯國家實驗室的顧問，並為多家工業公司提供顧問服務。