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Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Production engineering > Reliability engineering

Systems Engineering - Reliability Analysis Using k-out-of-n Structures (Hardcover): Mangey Ram, Tadashi Dohi Systems Engineering - Reliability Analysis Using k-out-of-n Structures (Hardcover)
Mangey Ram, Tadashi Dohi
R5,337 Discovery Miles 53 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A substantial amount of research has been conducted on consecutive k-out-of-n and related reliability systems over the past four decades. These systems have been used to model various engineering systems such as the microwave stations of telecoms network, oil pipeline systems, and vacuum systems in an electron accelerator. As such, studies of reliability properties of consecutive k-out-of-n structures have attracted significant attention from both theoretical and practical approaches. In the modern era of technology, the redundancies are employed in the various industrial systems to prevent them from failure/sudden failure or to recover from failures. This book is meant to provide knowledge and help engineers and academicians in understanding reliability engineering by using k-out-of-n structures. The material is also targeted at postgraduate or senior undergraduate students pursuing reliability engineering.

Systems Reliability and Usability for Engineers (Hardcover): B. S Dhillon Systems Reliability and Usability for Engineers (Hardcover)
B. S Dhillon
R4,495 Discovery Miles 44 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Engineering systems are an important element of world economy. Each year billions of dollars are spent to develop, manufacture, operate, and maintain various types of engineering systems about the globe. The reliability and usability of these systems have become important because of their increasing complexity, sophistication, and non-specialist users. Global competition and other factors are forcing manufacturers to produce highly reliable and usable engineering systems. Along with examples and solutions, this book integrates engineering systems reliability and usability into a single volume for those individuals that directly or indirectly are concerned with these areas.

Basics of Probability and Stochastic Processes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Esra Bas Basics of Probability and Stochastic Processes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Esra Bas
R1,782 Discovery Miles 17 820 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This textbook explores probability and stochastic processes at a level that does not require any prior knowledge except basic calculus. It presents the fundamental concepts in a step-by-step manner, and offers remarks and warnings for deeper insights. The chapters include basic examples, which are revisited as the new concepts are introduced. To aid learning, figures and diagrams are used to help readers grasp the concepts, and the solutions to the exercises and problems. Further, a table format is also used where relevant for better comparison of the ideas and formulae. The first part of the book introduces readers to the essentials of probability, including combinatorial analysis, conditional probability, and discrete and continuous random variable. The second part then covers fundamental stochastic processes, including point, counting, renewal and regenerative processes, the Poisson process, Markov chains, queuing models and reliability theory. Primarily intended for undergraduate engineering students, it is also useful for graduate-level students wanting to refresh their knowledge of the basics of probability and stochastic processes.

Introduction to Risk Analysis - A Systematic Approach to Science-Based Decision Making (Hardcover): Daniel M. Byrd, Richard C.... Introduction to Risk Analysis - A Systematic Approach to Science-Based Decision Making (Hardcover)
Daniel M. Byrd, Richard C. Cothern
R4,314 Discovery Miles 43 140 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Written for safety and loss-control, environmental, and quality managers, this is the first comprehensive, integrated guide to developing a complete environmental risk analysis for regulated substances and processes. Unlike other books, Introduction to Risk Analysis looks at risk from a regulatory perspective, allowing both professionals in regulatory agencies concerned with risk including OSHA, EPA, USDA, DOT, FDA, and state environmental agencies and professionals in any agency-regulated industry to understand and implement the methods required for proper risk assessment. The authors examine risk and the structure of analysis. Emphasizing the predictive nature of risk, they discuss the quantitative nature of risk and explore quantitative-analysis topics, including data graphing, logarithmic thinking, risk estimating, and curve fitting. Chapters include discussions on functions, models, and uncertainties; the regulatory process; risk assessment; exposure; dosimetry; epidemiology; toxicology; risk characterization; comparative risk assessment; ecological risk assessment; risk management; and risk communication. Six in-depth case studies, an annotated bibliography, and more than 50 figures are also included."

Transportation Systems - Managing Performance through Advanced Maintenance Engineering (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Sarbjeet... Transportation Systems - Managing Performance through Advanced Maintenance Engineering (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Sarbjeet Singh, Alberto Martinetti, Arnab Majumdar, Leo A. M. Van Dongen
R3,344 Discovery Miles 33 440 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book explores the application of breakthrough technologies to improve transportation performance. Transportation systems represent the "blood vessels" of a society, in which people and goods travel. They also influence people's lives and affect the liveability and sustainability of our cities. The book shows how emergent technologies are able to monitor the condition of the structure in real time in order to schedule the right moment for maintenance activities an so reduce the disturbance to users. This book is a valuable resource for those involved in research and development in this field. Part I discusses the context of transportation systems, highlighting the major issues and challenges, the importance of understating human factors that could affect the maintenance operations and the main goals in terms of safety standards. Part II focuses on process-oriented innovations in transportation systems; this section stresses the importance of including design parameters in the planning, offering a comparison between risk-based and condition-based maintenance and, lastly, showing applications of emergent technologies. Part III goes on to reflect on the technical-oriented innovations, discussing the importance of studying the physical phenomena that are behind transportation system failures and problems. It then introduces the general trend of collecting and analyzing big data using real-world cases to evaluate the positive and negative aspects of adopting extensive smart sensors for gathering information on the health of the assets. The last part (IV) explores cultural and behavioural changes, and new knowledge management methods, proposing novel forms of maintenance and vocational training, and introduces the need for radical new visions in transportation for managing unexpected events. The continuous evolution of maintenance fields suggests that this compendium of "state-of-the-art" applications will not be the only one; the authors are planning a collection of cutting-edge examples of transportation systems that can assist researchers and practitioners as well as students in the process of understanding the complex and multidisciplinary environment of maintenance engineering applied to the transport sector.

Extended Warranties, Maintenance Service and Lease Contracts - Modeling and Analysis for Decision-Making (Hardcover, 2014):... Extended Warranties, Maintenance Service and Lease Contracts - Modeling and Analysis for Decision-Making (Hardcover, 2014)
D.N.Prabhakar Murthy, Nat Jack
R4,821 Discovery Miles 48 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Serving to unify the existing literature on extended warranties, maintenance service contracts and lease contracts, this book also presents a unique perspective on the topic focussed on cost analysis and decision-making from the perspectives of the parties involved. Using a game theoretic approach together with mathematical modelling, results are presented in an integrated manner with key topics that require further research highlighted in order to serve as a starting point for researchers (engineers and statisticians) who are interested in doing further work in these areas. Designed to assist practitioners (managers, engineers, applied statisticians) who are involved with extended warranties, maintenance service contracts and lease contracts, the book provides them with the models and techniques needed for proper cost analysis and effective decision-making, The book is also suitable for use as a reference text in industrial engineering, applied statistics, operations research and management.

System Reliability Management - Solutions and Technologies (Hardcover): Adarsh Anand, Mangey Ram System Reliability Management - Solutions and Technologies (Hardcover)
Adarsh Anand, Mangey Ram
R5,622 Discovery Miles 56 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides the latest research advances in the field of system reliability assurance and engineering. It contains reference material for applications of reliability in system engineering, offering a theoretical sound background with adequate numerical illustrations. Included are concepts pertaining to reliability analysis, assurance techniques and methodologies, tools, and practical applications of system reliability modeling and allocation. The collection discusses various soft computing techniques like artificial intelligence and particle swarm optimization approach for reliability assessment. Importance of differentiating between the optimal release time and testing stop time of the software has been explicitly discussed and presented in the book. Features: Creates understanding of the costs associated with complex systems Covers reliability measurement of engineering systems Incorporates an efficient effort-based expenditure policy incorporating cost and reliability criteria Provides information for optimal testing stop and release time of software system Presents software performance and security layout Addresses reliability prediction and its maintenance through advanced analytics techniques Overall, System Reliability Management: Solutions and Techniques is a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach for better communication of problems and solutions to increase the performance of the system for better utilization and resource management.

Integrated Computer-Aided Design in Automotive Development - Development Processes, Geometric Fundamentals, Methods of CAD,... Integrated Computer-Aided Design in Automotive Development - Development Processes, Geometric Fundamentals, Methods of CAD, Knowledge-Based Engineering Data Management (Hardcover, 2013)
Hirz Mario, Wilhelm Dietrich, Anton Gfrerrer, Johann Lang
R4,894 Discovery Miles 48 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Today s automotive industry places high demands on the performance and flexibility of development strategies and tools. With constant need for reduction in cost and time for engineering-based development new engineering methods have to support a smart link between the working fields of project engineers, designers, simulation engineers, ergonomic specialists, stylists and all other involved parties. Currently, automotive development is driven by the interaction of virtual design and simulation methods in combination with physical development and testing procedures. The trend is definitely moving towards integrated virtual development which leads to intensified implementation and enhancement of integrated computer-aided design. The book starts with an overview of automotive development processes including a discussion of the manifold past and future requirements. Focusing on computer-aided design, a comprehensive overview of fundamentals in geometry representation gives keen insight into mathematical description and modeling techniques of geometrical elements. The generation and structuring of virtual product models within 3D-CAD environment by use of curve, surface and solid modeling is explained in detail and illustrated by various examples. On the basis of parametric geometry generation different methods and tools which are able to increase efficiency in automotive development are explained and compared. Complex assembling, as usual in automotive development, requires the composition and organization of multifarious product structures. This way, knowledge and engineering data management play an important role within the field. Combining the demands of integrated design processes and efficient data management, the application of knowledge based engineering data management is introduced and discussed. A selection of representative applications give insights into the complex interactions of computer-aided design, knowledge based engineering and data management. It is up to the engineers to tap the full potential of virtual product development, whereas the applied methods and strategies represent a key factor on the way to successful creation of new products. The book is directed, but not restricted, to professional project and design engineers as well as to students of the respective disciplines in mechanical engineering. At the same time it caters to whoever is interested in interactions of state of the art computer-aided development. It is up to the engineers to tap the full potential of virtual product development, whereas the applied methods and strategies represent a key factor on the way to successful creation of new products. The book is directed, but not restricted, to professional project and design engineers as well as to students of the respective disciplines in mechanical engineering. At the same time it caters to whoever is interested in interactions of state of the art computer-aided development.

Cannabis Laboratory Fundamentals (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Shaun R. Opie Cannabis Laboratory Fundamentals (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Shaun R. Opie
R2,467 Discovery Miles 24 670 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The legislative requirement for cannabis to undergo laboratory testing has followed legalization of medical and recreational use in every U.S. state to date. Cannabis safety testing is a new investment opportunity within the emerging cannabis market that is separate from cultivation, processing, and distribution, allowing individuals and organizations who may have been reluctant to enter previously a new entry route to the cannabis space. However, many of the costs, timelines, operational requirements, and compliance issues are overlooked by people who have not been exposed to regulated laboratory testing. Cannabis Laboratory Fundamentals provides an in-depth review of the key issues that impact cannabis testing laboratories and provides recommendations and solutions to avoid common - but expensive - mistakes. The text goes beyond methodology to include sections on economics, regulation, and operational challenges, making it useful for both new and experienced cannabis laboratory operators, as well as all those who want to understand the opportunities and risks of this industry.

Accelerated Stress Testing Handbook - Guide for Achieving Quality Products (Hardcover): H Chan Accelerated Stress Testing Handbook - Guide for Achieving Quality Products (Hardcover)
H Chan
R5,202 Discovery Miles 52 020 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Electrical Engineering Accelerated Stress Testing Handbook Guide for Achieving Quality Products As we move closer to a genuinely global economy, the pressure to develop highly reliable products on ever-tighter schedules will increase. Part of a designer's "toolbox" for achieving product reliability in a compressed time frame should be a set of best practices for utilizing accelerated stress testing (AST). The Accelerated Stress Testing Handbook delineates a core set of AST practices as part of an overall methodology for enhancing hardware product reliability. The techniques presented will teach readers to identify design deficiencies and problems with component quality or manufacturing processes early in the product's life, and then to take corrective action as quickly as possible. A wide array of case studies gleaned from leading practitioners of AST supplement the theory and methodology, which will provide the reader with a more concrete idea of how AST truly enhances quality in a reduced time frame. Important topics covered include:
* Theoretical basis for AST
* General AST best practices
* AST design and manufacturing processes
* AST equipment and techniques
* AST process safety qualification
In this handbook, AST cases studies demonstrate thermal, vibration, electrical, and liquid stress application; failure mode analysis; and corrective action techniques. Individuals who would be interested in this book include: reliability engineers and researchers, mechanical and electrical engineers, those involved with all facets of electronics and telecommunications product design and manufacturing, and people responsible for implementing quality and processimprovement programs.

Transport and Safety - Systems, Approaches, and Implementation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Geetam Tiwari, Dinesh Mohan Transport and Safety - Systems, Approaches, and Implementation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Geetam Tiwari, Dinesh Mohan
R5,181 Discovery Miles 51 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume addresses a variety of issues on traffic safety policy, ranging from issues of climate change, urban equity, and transport safety, in a broad global and societal context, while retaining situation-specific details. Written by international experts on issues of transportation and traffic safety, it will be of special interest to advanced researchers in the engineering and planning disciplines working on these issues as well as policy makers concerned with setting up institutions and legislations for traffic safety.

Integrated Circuit, Hybrid, and Multichip Module P Package Design Guidelines - A Focus on Reliability (Hardcover): M. Pecht Integrated Circuit, Hybrid, and Multichip Module P Package Design Guidelines - A Focus on Reliability (Hardcover)
M. Pecht
R4,511 Discovery Miles 45 110 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Circuit designers, packaging engineers, printed board fabricators, and procurement personnel will find this book's microelectronic package design-for-reliability guidelines and approaches essential for achieving their life-cycle, cost-effectiveness, and on-time delivery goals.
Its uniquely organized, time-phased approach to design, development, qualification, manufacture, and in-service management shows you step-by-step how to:
* Define realistic system requirements in terms of mission profile, operating life, performance expectations, size, weight, and cost
* Define the system usage environment so that all operating, shipping, and storage conditions, including electrical, thermal, radiation, and mechanical loads, are assessed using realistic data
* Identify potential failure modes, sites, mechanisms, and architecture-stress interactions--PLUS appropriate measures you can take to reduce, eliminate, or accommodate expected failures
* Characterize materials and processes by the key controllable factors, such as types and levels of defects, variations in material properties and dimensions, and the manufacturing and assembly processes involved
* Use experiment, step-stress, and accelerated methods to ensure optimum design before production begins

Detailed design guidelines for substrate...wire and wire, tape automated, and flip-chip bonding...element attachment and case, lead, lead and lid seals--incorporating dimensional and geometric configurations of package elements, manufacturing and assembly conditions, materials selection, and loading conditions--round out this guide's comprehensive coverage. Detailed guidelines for substrate...wire and wire, tape automated, and flip-chip bonding...element attachment and case, lead, lead and lid seals--incorporating dimensional and geometric configurations of package elements, manufacturing and assembly conditions, materials selection, and loading conditions--round out this guide's comprehensive coverage.
of related interest...
PHYSICAL ARCHITECTURE OF VLSI SYSTEMS --Allan D. Kraus, Robert Hannemann and Michael Pecht
For the professional engineer involved in the design and manufacture of products containing electronic components, here is a comprehensive handbook to the theory and methods surrounding the assembly of microelectronic and electronic components. The book focuses on computers and consumer electronic products with internal subsystems that reflect mechanical design constraints, cost limitations, and aesthetic and ergonomic concerns. Taking a total system approach to packaging, the book systematically examines: basic chip and computer architecture; design and layout; interassembly and interconnections; cooling scheme; materials selection, including ceramics, glasses, and metals; stress, vibration, and acoustics; and manufacturing and assembly technology. 1994 (0-471-53299-1) pp.
SOLDERING PROCESSES AND EQUIPMENT --Michael G. Pecht
This comprehensive, fundamentals first handbook outlines the soldering methods and techniques used in the manufacture of microelectronic chips and electronic circuit boards. In a clear, easy-to-access format, the book discusses: soldering processes and classification; the material dynamics of heat soldering when assembling differing materials; wave and reflow soldering; controlling contamination during manufacturing cleanings; techniques for assuring reliability and quality control during manufacturing; rework, repair, and manual assembly; the modern assembly / repair station; and more. The book also provides clear guidelines on assembly techniques as well as an appendix of various solder equipment manufacturers.
1993 (0-471-59167-X) 312 pp.

Measurement, Monitoring, Modelling and Control of Bioprocesses (Hardcover, 2013 ed.): Carl-Fredrik Mandenius, Nigel J.... Measurement, Monitoring, Modelling and Control of Bioprocesses (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Carl-Fredrik Mandenius, Nigel J. Titchener-Hooker
R8,558 Discovery Miles 85 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Automated Measurement and Monitoring of Bioprocesses: Key Elements of the M3C Strategy, by Bernhard Sonnleitner Automatic Control of Bioprocesses, by Marc Stanke, Bernd Hitzmann An Advanced Monitoring Platform for Rational Design of Recombinant Processes, by G. Striedner, K. Bayer Modelling Approaches for Bio-Manufacturing Operations, by Sunil Chhatre Extreme Scale-Down Approaches for Rapid Chromatography Column Design and Scale-Up During Bioprocess Development, by Sunil Chhatre Applying Mechanistic Models in Bioprocess Development, by Rita Lencastre Fernandes, Vijaya Krishna Bodla, Magnus Carlquist, Anna-Lena Heins, Anna Eliasson Lantz, Gurkan Sin and Krist V. Gernaey Multivariate Data Analysis for Advancing the Interpretation of Bioprocess Measurement and Monitoring Data, by Jarka Glassey Design of Pathway-Level Bioprocess Monitoring and Control Strategies Supported by Metabolic Networks, by Ines A. Isidro, Ana R. Ferreira, Joao J. Clemente, Antonio E. Cunha, Joao M. L. Dias, Rui Oliveira Knowledge Management and Process Monitoring of Pharmaceutical Processes in the Quality by Design Paradigm, by Anurag S Rathore, Anshuman Bansal, Jaspinder Hans The Choice of Suitable Online Analytical Techniques and Data Processing for Monitoring of Bioprocesses, by Ian Marison, Siobhan Hennessy, Roisin Foley, Moira Schuler, Senthilkumar Sivaprakasam, Brian Freeland

Reliability Models of Complex Systems for Robots and Automation (Hardcover): Hamed Fazlollahtabar, Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki Reliability Models of Complex Systems for Robots and Automation (Hardcover)
Hamed Fazlollahtabar, Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki
R5,046 Discovery Miles 50 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In today's competitive world, customer demands for highly reliable products, makes reliability engineering a more challenging task. Reliability analysis is one of the main tools to ensure agreed upon delivery deadlines, which in turn maintains certainty in tangible factors such as goodwill and company reputation. This unique book considers a complex production system composing of several autonomous robots performing manufacturing jobs. The reliability of the complex system is analyzed under different conditions, with different objectives. Various reliability models are developed with each focusing on the specifications of a unique problem, and provides the evaluation of a complex system.

Techniques, Tools and Methodologies Applied to Quality Assurance in Manufacturing (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Jorge Luis... Techniques, Tools and Methodologies Applied to Quality Assurance in Manufacturing (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Jorge Luis Garcia-Alcaraz, Cuauhtemoc Sanchez-Ramirez, Alfonso Jesus Gil Lopez
R4,017 Discovery Miles 40 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents a collection of real cases from industrial practices that production system and quality managers implement to ensure a high quality as well as a low cost in products. This book is divided in sections that are focused on: * The quality and philosophies implemented to production systems; starting from the product design as well as from the supply system. * The principal statistical techniques applied to the quality assurance (statistical quality control, analysis of tests and failure, quality function deployment, accelerated life tests, among others), the process of gathering information, its validation, its reliability process, and techniques for data analysis. * The techniques applied to the integration of human resources in the process of quality assurance, such as managers and operators' participation, training, and training processes. * Use of information and communications technologies, software, and programs implemented to guarantee the quality of the products in the production systems. ISO standards and policies that are used for quality management and monitoring.

Reliability Based Aircraft Maintenance Optimization and Applications (Paperback): Heren 5, XI Chen, Yong Chen Reliability Based Aircraft Maintenance Optimization and Applications (Paperback)
Heren 5, XI Chen, Yong Chen
R2,871 R2,696 Discovery Miles 26 960 Save R175 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Reliability Based Aircraft Maintenance Optimization and Applications presents flexible and cost-effective maintenance schedules for aircraft structures, particular in composite airframes. By applying an intelligent rating system, and the back-propagation network (BPN) method and FTA technique, a new approach was created to assist users in determining inspection intervals for new aircraft structures, especially in composite structures. This book also discusses the influence of Structure Health Monitoring (SHM) on scheduled maintenance. An integrated logic diagram establishes how to incorporate SHM into the current MSG-3 structural analysis that is based on four maintenance scenarios with gradual increasing maturity levels of SHM. The inspection intervals and the repair thresholds are adjusted according to different combinations of SHM tasks and scheduled maintenance. This book provides a practical means for aircraft manufacturers and operators to consider the feasibility of SHM by examining labor work reduction, structural reliability variation, and maintenance cost savings.

The Death of Reliability - Is it Too Late to Resurrect the Last, True Competitive Advantage? (Hardcover): Nathan C. Wright The Death of Reliability - Is it Too Late to Resurrect the Last, True Competitive Advantage? (Hardcover)
Nathan C. Wright
R1,378 Discovery Miles 13 780 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Are we facing the death o f reliability? Some believe this is the case, particularly when it comes to reliability leadership. Without qualified leaders, there can be no true reliability, and as such, companies are losing out on the one real competitive advantage available to them today. About thirty years ago, organizations would invest time and money in their employees to develop craftspeople. Nowadays, many companies use shortcuts to try to achieve reliability, often fudging numbers to make it appear that they are progressing in the right direction, or using abbreviated training rather than full apprenticeships to produce skilled craftspeople. Unfortunately, they're simply covering up the unreliability that causes them to lose ground and increase costs. The misguided shortcuts used to circumvent hard work and effort are eroding craft skills. There are three components that are the root causes of unreliability, and, if eliminated, will lead to reliability: 1. Improper Lubrication; 2. Contamination; 3. Improper Installation. Dr. Wright goes above the "what" and "why"of reliability found in other resources to offer the "how to" of reliability.

Evaluating Measurement Accuracy - A Practical Approach (Hardcover, 3rd ed. 2017): Semyon G. Rabinovich Evaluating Measurement Accuracy - A Practical Approach (Hardcover, 3rd ed. 2017)
Semyon G. Rabinovich
R6,897 Discovery Miles 68 970 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book presents a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the theory of measurement accuracy and provides solutions that fill significant and long-standing gaps in the classical theory. It eliminates the shortcomings of the classical theory by including methods for estimating accuracy of single measurements, the most common type of measurement. The book also develops methods of reduction and enumeration for indirect measurements, which do not require Taylor series and produce a precise solution to this problem. It produces grounded methods and recommendations for summation of errors. The monograph also analyzes and critiques two foundation metrological documents, the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM) and the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM), and discusses directions for their revision. This new edition adds a step-by-step guide on how to evaluate measurement accuracy and recommendations on how to calculate systematic error of multiple measurements. There is also an extended section on the method of reduction, which provides an alternative to the least-square method and the method of enumeration. Many sections are also rewritten to improve the structure and usability of the material. The 3rd edition reflects the latest developments in metrology and offers new results, and it is designed to be accessible to readers at various levels and positions, including scientists, engineers, and undergraduate and graduate students. By presenting material from a practical perspective and offering solutions and recommendations for problems that arise in conducting real-life measurements, author Semyon Rabinovich offers an invaluable resource for scientists in any field.

Multiphysics Modelling and Simulation for Systems Design and Monitoring - Proceedings of the Multiphysics Modelling and... Multiphysics Modelling and Simulation for Systems Design and Monitoring - Proceedings of the Multiphysics Modelling and Simulation for Systems Design Conference, MMSSD 2014, 17-19 December, Sousse, Tunisia (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Mohamed Haddar, Mohamed Slim Abbes, Jean-Yves Choley, Taoufik Boukharouba, Tamer Elnady, …
R6,593 Discovery Miles 65 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book reports on the state of the art in the field of multiphysics systems. It consists of accurately reviewed contributions to the MMSSD'2014 conference, which was held from December 17 to 19, 2004 in Hammamet, Tunisia. The different chapters, covering new theories, methods and a number of case studies, provide readers with an up-to-date picture of multiphysics modeling and simulation. They highlight the role played by high-performance computing and newly available software in promoting the study of multiphysics coupling effects, and show how these technologies can be practically implemented to bring about significant improvements in the field of design, control and monitoring of machines. In addition to providing a detailed description of the methods and their applications, the book also identifies new research issues, challenges and opportunities, thus providing researchers and practitioners with both technical information to support their daily work and a new source of inspiration for their future research.

Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations - Volume-II: Nano to Macro (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Sandip Kumar... Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations - Volume-II: Nano to Macro (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Sandip Kumar Saha, Mousumi Mukherjee
R5,274 Discovery Miles 52 740 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume presents selected papers from the 7th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation held at IIT Mandi, India. The papers discuss the development of mathematical models representing physical phenomena and applying modern computing methods and simulations to analyse them. The studies cover recent advances in the fields of nano mechanics and biomechanics, simulations of multiscale and multiphysics problems, developments in solid mechanics and finite element method, advancements in computational fluid dynamics and transport phenomena, and applications of computational mechanics and techniques in emerging areas. The volume will be of interest to researchers and academics from civil engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials engineering/science, physics, mathematics and other disciplines.

Advances in RAMS Engineering - In Honor of Professor Ajit Kumar Verma on His 60th Birthday (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Durga Rao... Advances in RAMS Engineering - In Honor of Professor Ajit Kumar Verma on His 60th Birthday (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Durga Rao Karanki, Gopika Vinod, Srividya Ajit
R4,094 Discovery Miles 40 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book surveys reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS) analyses of various engineering systems. It highlights their role throughout the lifecycle of engineering systems and explains how RAMS activities contribute to their efficient and economic design and operation. The book discusses a variety of examples and applications of RAMS analysis, including: * software products; * electrical and electronic engineering systems; * mechanical engineering systems; * nuclear power plants; * chemical and process plants and * railway systems. The wide-ranging nature of the applications discussed highlights the multidisciplinary nature of complex engineering systems. The book provides a quick reference to the latest advances and terminology in various engineering fields, assisting students and researchers in the areas of reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety engineering.

Fundamentals of Mass Determination (Hardcover, 2012): Michael Borys, Roman Schwartz, Arthur Reichmuth, Roland Nater Fundamentals of Mass Determination (Hardcover, 2012)
Michael Borys, Roman Schwartz, Arthur Reichmuth, Roland Nater
R1,391 Discovery Miles 13 910 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In this book on Fundamentals of Mass Determination, the definition and dissemination of units of mass is explained, starting with an introduction to metrology and mass determination. Establishing a mass scale requires corresponding mass standards and mass comparators. The metrological requirements for weighing instruments, weight pieces, and measuring conditions are explained and discussed based on international directives and applicable legal regulations. International directives and institutions are striving towards the worldwide uniform implementation of these requirements. Processes used to determine density and volume are described to the extent that they apply to mass determination. Calculating measurement uncertainty entails taking into consideration the effect of influence variables on mass determination. An overview of this topic is provided to make it easier to determine and specify measurement uncertainty in practice, while additional information in the form of tables, illustrations, and literature references allow the reader to study mass metrology further.

Approximating Integrals via Monte Carlo and Deterministic Methods (Hardcover): Michael Evans, Timothy Swartz Approximating Integrals via Monte Carlo and Deterministic Methods (Hardcover)
Michael Evans, Timothy Swartz
R3,931 Discovery Miles 39 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is designed to introduce graduate students and researchers to the primary methods useful for approximating integrals. The emphasis is on those methods that have been found to be of practical use, and although the focus is on approximating higher-dimensional integrals the lower-dimensional case is also covered. This book covers all the most useful approximation techniques so far discovered; the first time that all such techniques have been included in a single book and at a level accessible for students. In particular, it includes a complete development of the material needed to construct the highly popular Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods.

Reliability Data Collection and Analysis (Hardcover): J. Flamm, T. Luisi Reliability Data Collection and Analysis (Hardcover)
J. Flamm, T. Luisi
R2,459 Discovery Miles 24 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The ever increasing public demand and the setting-up of national and international legislation on safety assessment of potentially dangerous plant require that a correspondingly increased effort be devoted by regulatory bodies and industrial organizations to reliability data in order to produce safety analyses. Reliability data are also needed to assess availability of plant and services and to improve quality of production processes, in particular, to meet the needs of plant operators and/or designers regarding maintenance planning and production availability. The need for an educational effort in the field of data acquisition and processing has been stressed within the framework of EuReDatA, an association of organizations operating reliability data banks. This association aims to promote data exchange and pooling of data between organizations and to encourage the adoption of compatible standards and basic definitions for a consistent exchange of reliability data. Such basic definitions are considered to be essential in order to improve quality. To cover issues directly linked to the above areas, space is devoted to the definition of failure events, comon cause and human error data, feedback of operational and disturbance data, event data analysis, life-time distributions, cumulative distribution functions, density functions, Bayesian inference methods, mutivariate analysis, fuzzy sets and possibility theory.

Industrial and Manufacturing Wellness - The Complete Guide to Successful Enterprise Asset Management (Hardcover): Mike Sondalini Industrial and Manufacturing Wellness - The Complete Guide to Successful Enterprise Asset Management (Hardcover)
Mike Sondalini
R2,028 Discovery Miles 20 280 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

When humans are well, they are in a state where body, mind, and spirit are holistically integrated, and, as a result, are healthy, happy, and resilient. The same can be said for a thriving business. Industrial and Manufacturing Wellness: The Complete Guide to Successful Enterprise Asset Management explains how to use reliability engineering principles to design and build companies that are robust, reliable, self-improving, integrated business systems best suited for achieving optimal results. Written by asset management expert Mike Sondalini, creator and author of The Plant Wellness Way, this revolutionary work goes beyond basic plant management. Instead, it reveals a completely new way to engineer and implement business processes and work flow strategies that deliver overall operational excellence. The author introduces risk management, decision-making methods that prove the worth or not of a change before it is initiated in the organization, thus protecting a company from making the wrong choices. His universally applicable process improvement concepts empower readers to take a system-wide approach that can be repeated infinitely to deliver maximum success. Features Presents the first reliability engineering-based design and business process management solution. Includes a complete methodology to deliver enterprise asset management, plant maintenance, and equipment reliability. Shows how to maximize production uptime while minimizing costs and, uniquely, how to sustain those improvements. Incorporates the ISO 55001 framework in re-engineering business processes for operational success. Uses tips to reduce business processes to the fewest, simplest, quickest, safest, and most productive solutions. "Mike created what could basically be referred to as an ISO55001 implementation manual, with a big picture holistic engineering reliability approach to asset management. You will be surprised how he did that while also expanding on his existing 'Plant Wellness Way' methodology in just 286 pages! I also like how he emphasized throughout the book, attention to life cycle cost. Something that has been lacking in our industry. A must-read in today's world." -Don Fitchett, Business Industrial Network (BIN95.com)"Mike Sondalini's new book Industrial and Manufacturing Wellness is one of the best in our field that I have seen." -Len Bradshaw, Editor of Asset Management and Maintenance Journal(AMMJ)Mike Sondalini, MBA, CP Eng., is an expert in information and knowledge management, risk management and elimination, quality management systems, asset management, and operational excellence and reliability engineering. His immersion in these areas led him to create "The Plant Wellness Way," a life cycle asset management methodology. He subsequently coined the term "Industrial and Manufacturing Wellness" to depict a holistic, business-wide system of reliability. Introduction Reliability of Work, Processes, and Machines The Physics of Failure Variability in Outcomes Preventing Life-Cycle Risks Process 1-Identify Business and Operational Risks Asset Management For Plant Wellness Operating Equipment Risk Assessment Process 2-Order Risks by Importance Removing Risks And Raising Reliability Chance Reduction Risk Management Selecting Reliability Strategy Process 3-Numerate Risk Elimination Options The Accuracy-Controlled Enterprise Precision Maintenance Skills and Standards Process 4-Introduce Risk Control Solutions Reliability Growth Measuring to Improve Performance The Chance of Success Process 5-Control Operational Processes Failure Root Cause Prevention Change Management for Workplace Innovation Plant Wellness Index Process 6-Synthesize Ideas to Continuously Improve Bibliography Index

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