Reliability and Risk Analysis (What Every Engineer Should Know)

"What Every Engineer Should Know About Reliability and Risk Analysis, Second Edition emphasizes an introduction and explanation of the practical methods used in reliability and risk studies with a discussion of their uses and limitations. It offers basic and advanced methods in reliability analysis that are commonly used in daily practice and provides methods that address unique topics such as dependent failure analysis, importance analysis, and analysis of repairable systems. The book goes on to present a comprehensive overview of modern probabilistic life assessment methods such as Bayesian estimation, system reliability analysis, and human reliability. End-of-chapter problems and a solutions manual are available to support any course adoptions"--