TABLE OF CONTENTS The objectives of this chapter are to present the following:
The need for reliability engineering.
The applications of and the benefits from the applications of reliability engineering.
The need to design higher reliabilities into parts and components because of the increasing complexity of new products.
The need for countries to know and apply reliability engineering diligently to their products to survive the intense, worldwide industrial competition.
The fact that industry quotes and advertises reliability ratings.
The need to design optimized reliabilities into products and to implement an Integrated Reliability Program to raise the optimum level of the reliability of products while further reducing the total cost to the user of these products over their lifetime, i.e., to minimize their life-cycle cost.
Case histories which have resulted in substantial cost savings to industry and government through the implementation of reliability engineering.
The history, development and accomplishments of reliability engineering.
No industry in any country can progress effectively without the knowledge and implementation of reliability engineering. Today it has developed to a high degree of refinement and quantification. All countries should seize upon the opportunity to enlighten their scientists, engineers, and industrial and government personnel in this field. Such personnel should enhance their technical and industrial progress by learning the principles of reliability engineering and by applying these principles in their daily efforts.
Reliability is the best quantitative measure of the integrity of a designed part, component, product, or system. Reliability is the...
