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Introduction to diagnostics
The reliability of many objects, machines, transport means, various appliances, or processes can be increased and operational costs can be…
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maintenance
The operational reliability and service life of machines, vehicles, various appliances, bridges, and many other long-life objects are strongly influenced…
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Time to Failure of Deteriorating Objects
As we have seen in Chapter 4, failure rate often changes with time (Fig. 1 there). This is because the main…
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Reliability of Systems
Many objects consist of more parts or elements. From reliability point of view, an element is any component or object that…
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Bathtub Curve
Failure rate, can change with time. Figure 1 shows the time course of λ(t) typical of nonrepairable objects, such as electrical bulbs,…
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Characteristics of Reliability
Reliability is usually characterized by the probability of failure or by the time to failure. If failure is considered as…
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probability basics
The occurrence of failures is usually accompanied by some uncertainty. This is due to many factors that we cannot control,…
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Basic Terms of Reliability
In matters of reliability, people from various branches — manufacturers, customers, technicians, and lawyers — must often communicate together, especially…