An Introduction To Reliability and Maintainability Engineering [Hardcover]

Charles Ebeling (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070188521 | ISBN-13: 978-0070188525 | Publication Date: August 1, 1996 | Edition: 1

This practical and modern approach to reliability deals with core concepts, major models, and proven techniques. The computer software packaged in the Instructor's Manual allows students to focus on concepts and analysis instead of tedius numerical calculations. Relevant to all departments of engineering, particularly industrial, this text provides an introduction to probability and statistical techniques that is necessary to support the development of reliability and maintainability concepts.

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From the Publisher

"Absolutely excellent book. The best there is for a first comprehensive course on R & M." -- Kenneth Case, Oklahoma State University

"Every student of reliability and every reliability improvement professional should have this book at their fingertips. It is clearly written and focuses not only on the concepts of reliability but also on their application. The Excel templates provided with the book greatly assist in the learning process by doing the tedious computations." -- Paul J. Fields, Brigham Young University

"This is an outstanding text on the fundamentals of reliability and maintainability. The text is well organized and readable. The problems are appropriate in terms of quantity and difficulty." -- Stanley Bullington, Mississippi State University

"Ebeling communicates well, and the examples and problems are thought-provoking and well-chosen." -- Alan Johnson, Air Force Institute of Technology --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 576 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 1 edition (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070188521
• ISBN-13: 978-0070188525
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,198,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clearly Current for a Dynamic Scientific Discipline, August 23, 2001

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Norbert Jagodzinski (Spencerpot, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Introduction To Reliability and Maintainability Engineering (Hardcover)

There have been many books, papers and publications written on the subject of Reliability. Since the AGREE Report, followed by C. Ryerson's work at RCA in the 50's on a pre-Mil-Hdbk 217, there have been many authors promoting and upgrading the discipline of Reliability. Most engineering and scientific textbooks have a tragic short lifespan. However,in my opinion, I believe Charles Ebeling's work is an example a more enduring and sustaining effort. Chapter 9,"Maintainability" is a good illustration that could be of value to a Maintenace Manager that shows the benefit of PM. Chapter 10,"Design for Maintainability" carries on with discussions of Reliability of Repairable system, i.e. repair or replace..... Chapter 17, "Reliability Estimation and Application" is priceless as examples to emulate. I believe that the applications are more appealing to a wider audience, i.e. Non-Aerospace industry. If there is a shortcoming, it is one that always concerns me in all the classes that I teach.

It is that none of the techniques, equations, empirical methods or algorithms have any value, if the DATA has no integrity.

Chapter 12,"Data Collection and Empirical Methods" is a fine chapter, perhaps it could have been first?

DATA integrity is crucial. Data means drudgery, screening, checking, confirming but a vital platform for analysis to spring to decision making. My simplest example of data without integrity is the application of computer program to estimate an average, that is based on 4 data points, (1 , 2 , 3 , 5280). Is the average 1321.5? or What? I believe that this book has a future and a longer life.

Good Luck

Norm Jagodzinski

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction to reliability and maintainability, February 26, 1999

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This review is from: An Introduction To Reliability and Maintainability Engineering (Hardcover)

This is one of the best written reliability books published. It is a great handbook for the practitioner, and an even better book for the novice. It should make a great addition to any Electrical, Mechanical, or Reliability Engineer's bookshelf. If someone is preparing for ASQ's Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) Exam, this is one of the three books they should own. My only complaint is that it does not address R&M of production systems, which is where most other texts fall short.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference, February 4, 2000

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This review is from: An Introduction To Reliability and Maintainability Engineering (Hardcover)

An introduction? Not hardly, for the practioner this book is outstanding. Reliability is not alway the most simple of subject to understand. If you have a good math background and need to have reliability explained or demonstrated this book is an excellent choice. The mothods and calculation are presented in a very systematic manner that makes it easy to follow and understand. Kudos to the author!