Affordable reliability engineering : life-cycle cost analysis for sustainability & logistical support /: life-cycle cost analysis for sustainability & logistical support. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William R. Wessels, Daniel Sillivant.
• Authors: Wessels, William R; Sillivant, Daniel
• Contents: Scope of Reliability-Based Life-Cycle Economical Analysis; Background; Reliability Engineering Approaches; Reliability Engineering Economics; Reliability Engineering Analysis Impacts on Life-Cycle Costs; Reliability Analysis for Part Design ; Failure; Criticality Items List and Database; Proposed Criticality Analysis Procedure; Reliability Block Diagram; Qualitative Part Failure Analysis; Quantitative Failure Analysis; Assembly Reliability Functions; Fitting Reliability Data to Reliability Math Models; Exponential Reliability Math Models; Weibull Reliability Math Models; Qualitative Maintainability Analysis; Quantitative Maintainability Analysis; System Logistics Downtime Math Model; Summary of Reliability Math Models; Availability; Application of Reliability Math Models; Reliability Analysis for System Sustainment ; Baseline Reliability Analysis; Failure Report, Analysis, Corrective Action System—FRACAS; Prerepair Logistics Downtime; Postrepair Logistics Downtime; Quantitative Reliability Analysis; Exponential Reliability Math Models; Weibull Reliability Math Models; Quantitative Maintainability Analysis; Mean Maintenance Time; Mean Downtime; System Logistics Downtime Math Model; Summary of Reliability Math Models; Availability; Application of Reliability Math Models; Engineering Economic Analysis ; Engineering Economic Analysis Information; Fundamental Economic Concepts; Amounts versus Equivalent Value; Cost Estimation; Classifications of Sources and Uses of Estimated Cash; Cash Flow Timeline; Equivalent Values; Example 1: Project Cash Flow Timeline: m =; Example 2: Project Cash Flow Timeline: m =; Example 3: Project Cash Flow Timelines for Three Projects: m =; Example 4: Project Cash Flow Timelines for Three Projects: m =; Application to Reliability Based Life-Cycle Economic Analysis; Reliability-Based Logistical Economic Analysis ; Failure Math Model; Repair Math Model; Logistics Downtime Math Model; Impact of Preventive Maintenance on Logistics Downtime; Special Cause Variability in Logistics Downtime; Cost Objective Function; Spare Parts Acquisition Strategies; Specialty Tools; Cash Flow Timeline; Life-Cycle Economic Analysis ; Selection; Cautionary Note; Preventive Maintenance; Life-Cycle Simulation Approach; System Reliability Analysis; Spare Parts Strategy; Standby Design Configuration; Reliability-Centered Maintenance ; Choosing the Correct Maintenance Plan; RCM Challenges; RCM Benefits; Reliability Database ; Segment 1: Criticality Analysis; Segment 2: Qualitative Failure Analysis; Segment 3: Quantitative Failure Analysis; Segment 4: Quantitative Repair Analysis; Segment 5: Pre-Repair Logistics Downtime Quantitative Analysis; Segment 6: Post-Repair Logistics Downtime Quantitative Analysis; Segment 7: Spare Part Strategy; Reliability Simulation and Analysis ; Reliability Simulations; Assembly and System Simulations; Summary; A: Reliability Failure Math Models and Reliability Functions ; Exponential Reliability Math Modeling Approach Weibull Reliability Math Modeling Approach; B: Maintainability Math Models and Maintainability Functions ; Time-to-Repair Math Model, Log-Normal Distribution Approach; Time-to-Repair Math Model, Weibull Distribution Approach; Comparison between the Log-Normal and Weibull Approach; Logistics Downtime Functions ; Engineering Economics Functions ; Cost Estimation: Present Amount; Cost Estimation: Future Amount; Equivalent Present Value: Future Amount; Cost Estimation: Uniform Recurring Amounts; Recurring Amounts with Linear Gradient; Recurring Amounts with Geometric Gradient; Capital Recovery; Sinking Fund; Net Present Value and Equivalent Uniform Recurring Amount; Less Common Engineering Economics Functions; References
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 620.00452; Reliability (Engineering) -- Cost effectiveness; Product life cycle
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482219678
• Related ISBNs: 9781482219647
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