Chapter 1 Reliability Engineering in Perspective 1.1 Why Study Reliability? 1.2 Failure Models 1.3 Failure Mechanisms 1.4 Performance Measures 1.5 Formal Definition of Reliability 1.6 Definition of Availability 1.7 Definition of Risk Chapter 2 Basic Reliability Mathematics: Review of Probability and Statistics 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Elements of Probability 2.3 Probability Distributions 2.4 Basic Characteristics of Random Variables 2.5 Estimation and Hypothesis Testing 2.6 Frequency Tables and Histograms 2.7 Goodness-of-Fit Tests 2.8 Regression Analysis Chapter 3 Elements of Component Reliability 3.1 Concept of Reliability 3.2 Common Distributions in Component Reliability 3.3 Component Reliability Model Selection 3.4 Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Reliability Distribution Parameters 3.5 Classical Nonparametric Distribution Estimation 3.6 Bayesian Estimation Procedures 3.7 Methods of Generic Failure Rate Determination Chapter 4 System Reliability Analysis 4.1 Reliability Block Diagram Method 4.2 Fault Tree and Success Tree Methods 4.3 Event Tree Method 4.4 Master Logic Diagram 4.5 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis Chapter 5 Reliability and Availability of Repairable Components and Systems 5.1 Repairable System Reliability 5.2 Availability of Repairable Systems 5.3 Use of Markov Processes for Determining System Availability 5.4 Use of System Analysis Techniques in the Availability Calculations of Complex Systems Chapter 6 Selected Topics in Reliability Modeling 6.1 Probabilistic Physics-of-Failure Reliability Modeling 6.2 Software Reliability Analysis 6.3 Human Reliability 6.4 Measures of Importance 6.5 Reliability-Centered Maintenance 6.6 Reliability Growth Chapter 7 Selected Topics in Reliability Data Analysis 7.1 Accelerated Life Testing 7.2 Analysis of Dependent Failures 7.3 Uncertainty Analysis 7.4 Use of Expert Opinion for Estimating Reliability Parameters 7.5 Probabilistic Failure Analysis Chapter 8 Risk Analysis 8.1 Determination of Risk Values8.2 Formalization of Quantitative Risk Assessment 8.3 Probabilistic Risk Assessment 8.4 Compressed Natural Gas Powered Buses: A PRA Case Study 8.5 A Simple Fire Protection Risk Analysis 8.6 Precursor Analysis Appendices Index