An Introduction To Reliability and Maintainability Engineering

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Summary: Great reliability text!
Review: 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.

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Summary: Clearly Current for a Dynamic Scientific Discipline
Review: 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

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Summary: The best of the bests!!
Review: 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.