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Chapter 1: Reliability Engineering: Its Applications and Benefits

Figure 1.1: The "reliability bathtub" curve.
Figure 1.2: Optimum reliability from the producer's point of view.
Figure 1.3: Optimum reliability from the customer's point of view.
Figure 1.4: Reliability - maintainability total cost optimization. C ₀₂ < C ₀₁ < C ₀₃ hence R _OC ₂ and T _p ₂ are the optimized combination of reliability and maintenance schedule.
Figure 1.5: Further reliability-cost improvement with a specific maintenance policy and schedule as a result of the beneficial effects of an integrated reliability and maintainability engineering program.
Figure 1.6: Cost comparison for two identical airborne indicator panels based on 2,000 units per year.

Figure 2.1: Reliability data center and data feedback system, including a Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS).

Figure 3.1: Reliability confidence level and the associated lower, one-sided reliability confidence limit.
Figure 3.2: Reliability confidence level and the associated upper, one-sided reliability confidence limit.
Figure 3.3: Reliability confidence level and the associated two-sided reliability confidence limits.
Figure 3.4: Cases of no-failure performance.
Figure 3.5: The reliability bathtub curve.
Figure 3.6: Failure governing stress and strength distributions with unreliability given by the shaded area.
Figure 3.7: Castastrophic and degradation failures and their effects on output.
Figure 3.8: Drift and intermittent failures and their effects on output.
Figure 3.9: Effect of mission time on reliability for components exhibiting either early, chance, or wear-out types of failures.
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