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An Introduction To Reliability and Maintainability Engineering

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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

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.

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!

I work in the Reliability and maitnainability feild and have used this text numberous times. I have found it very helpful.

I already had some reliability related books and was intrigued by the claim of this one being more practical info. I didn't really feel this was the case after glancing through the book. I already own Accelerated Testing: A Practitioner's Guide to Accelerated And Reliability Testing by Dodson & Schwab. I found "Accelerated Testing..." more readable and applicable to learning about reliability and various models used in performing accelerated testing. Had the publisher allowed viewing inside the book online, i probably would have figured out it wasn't what it's cracked up to be. Amazon, as always, graciously let me return it.

This is a great resource, however, check for the newest revision. I purchased this before I knew about the new revision. the new rev includes updates in addition to software. Also the revision is cheaper.

A great text. Readable, understandable, practical and current. Highly useful for industry application. Mr Ebeling's clear and concise writing style really makes this book a "must have" for any serious reliability engineer.

I had the pleasure of having Dr. Ebeling as an instructor in college and he taught me reliability engineering. Not only is he easily understood in person, but he is also very clear in his writing. Dr. Ebeling makes reliabiliy an understandable science.

This book will help all beginers who want to learn about Reliability and Maintainability Engineering.
This book has a lot of not only very kind features but also good examples. This book is one of my treasures in my book shelfs.

The book that I ordered arrived - no international version or substitute.
I'm happy.
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