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1 Introduction to Reliability Design of Mechanical/Civil System |
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2 Reliability Disasters and Its Assessment Significance |
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2.2 Reliability Disasters |
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2.2.1 Versailles Rail Accident in 1842 |
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2.2.2 Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940 |
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2.2.3 De Havilland DH 106 Comet in 1953 |
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2.2.4 G Company and M Company Rotary Compressor Recall in 1981 |
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2.2.5 Firestone and Ford Tire in 2000 |
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2.2.6 Toshiba Satellite Notebook and Battery Overheating Problem in 2007 |
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2.2.7 Toyota Motor Recalls in 2009 |
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2.3 Development of Reliability Methodologies in History |
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2.3.1 In the Early of 20s Century---Starting Reliability Studies |
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2.3.2 In the World War II---New Electronics Failure in Military |
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2.3.3 In the End of World War II and 1950s---Starting the Reliability Engineering |
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2.3.4 In the 1960s and Present: Mature of Reliability Methodology---Physics of Failure (PoF) |
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3 Modern Definitions in Reliability Engineering |
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3.2 Fundamentals in Probability Theory |
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3.2.2 Probability Distributions |
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3.3 Reliability Lifetime Metrics |
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3.3.1 Mean Time to Failure (MTTF) |
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3.3.2 Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) |
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3.3.3 Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) |
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3.3.5 The Inadequacy of the MTTF (or MTBF) and the Alternative Metric BX Life |
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3.4 Statistical Distributions |
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3.4.1 Poisson Distributions |
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3.4.2 Exponential Distributions |
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3.5 Weibull Distributions and Its Applications |
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3.5.3 Confidence Interval |
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3.5.4 A Plotting Method on Weibull Probability Paper |
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3.5.5 Probability Plotting for the Weibull Distribution |
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4 Failure Mechanics, Design, and Reliability Testing |
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4.2 Failure Mechanics and Designs |
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4.2.1 Product Design---Intended Functions |
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4.2.2 Specified Design Lifetime |
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4.2.3 Dimensional Differences Between Quality Defects and Failures |
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4.2.4 Classification of Failures |
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4.3 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) |
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4.3.6 Steps for Performing FMEA |
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4.4 Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) |
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4.4.2 Reliability Evaluation of Standard Configuration |
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4.5 Robust Design (or Taguchi Methods) |
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4.5.1 A Specific Loss Function |
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4.5.2 Robust Design Process |
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4.5.3 Parameter (Measure) Design |
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4.5.5 A Parameter Diagram (P-Diagram) |
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4.5.6 Taguchi's Design of Experiment (DOE) |
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4.5.7 Inefficiencies of Taguchi's Designs |
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4.6.2 Maximum Likelihood Estimation |
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4.6.3 Time-to-Failure Models |
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4.6.4 Reliability Testing |
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5.2 Modeling of Mechanical System |
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5.2.2 D'Alembert's Modeling for Automobile |
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5.3.2 Basic Elements, Energy Relations, and Causality of Bond Graph |
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5.3.3 Case Study: Hydrostatic Transmission (HST) in Seaborne Winch |
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5.3.4 Case Study: Failure Analysis and Redesign of a Helix Upper Dispenser |
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5.4 Load Spectrum and Rain-Flow Counting |
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5.4.4 Palmgren-Miner's Law for Cumulative Damage |
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6 Mechanical System Failures |
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6.4.2 Type of Fatigue Loading |
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6.4.3 Stress Concentration at Crack Tip |
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6.4.4 Crack Propagation and Fracture Toughness |
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6.4.6 Ductile--Brittle Transition Temperature (DBTT) |
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6.5 Stress--Strength Analysis |
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6.6.2 Procedure of Failure Analysis |
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6.6.3 Case Study: PAS (Photo Angle Sensor) in Automobile |
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6.6.4 Fracture Faces of Product Subjected to a Variety of Loads in Fields |
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7 Parametric Accelerated Life Testing in Mechanical/Civil System |
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7.2 Reliability Design in Mechanical System |
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7.3 Reliability Block Diagram and Its Connection in Product |
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7.4 Reliability Allocation of Product |
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7.4.2 Reliability Allocation of the Product |
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7.5 Failure Mechanics, Design, and Reliability Testing |
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7.6 Parametric Accelerated Life Testing |
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7.6.1 Acceleration Factor (AF) |
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7.6.2 Derivation of General Sample Size Equation |
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7.6.3 Derivation of Approximate Sample Size Equation |
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7.7 The Reliability Design of Mechanical System and Its Verification |
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7.7.2 Reliability Quantitative (RQ) Specifications |
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7.7.3 Conceptual Framework of Specifications for Quality Assurance |
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7.8 Testing Equipment for Quality and Reliability |
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7.8.2 Procedure of Testing Equipment Development (Example: Solenoid Valve Tester) |
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8 Parametric ALT and Its Case Studies |
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8.1 Failure Analysis and Redesign of Ice Maker |
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8.2 Residential Sized Refrigerators During Transportation |
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8.3 Water Dispenser Lever in a Refrigerator |
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8.4 Refrigerator Compressor Subjected to Repetitive Loads |
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8.5 Hinge Kit System (HKS) in a Kimchi Refrigerator |
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8.6 Refrigerator Drawer System |
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8.7 Compressor Suction Reed Valve |
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8.8 Failure Analysis and Redesign of the Evaporator Tubing |
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8.9 Compressor with Redesigned Rotor and Stator |
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8.10 French Refrigerator Drawer System |
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9 Parametric ALT: A Powerful Tool for Future Engineering Development |
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