Reliability Improvement with Design of Experiment

A guide to implementing and operating a practical reliability program using carefully designed experiments to provide information quickly, efficiently and cost effectively. It emphasizes real world solutions to daily problems. The second edition contains a special expanded section demonstrating how to combine accelerated testing with design of experiments for immediate improvement.

List of contents

Part 1 Introduction: faster...better...cheaper; quality and reliability; design of experiments. Part 2 Design of experiments: introduction to design of experiments; conducting a main effects experiment; dealing with interactions; designing an experiment; analyzing DoE results; DoE in production design; managing the uncontrollable factors; application of DoE reliability assurance. Part 3 Reliability engineering: reliability measurement; graphical reliability methods; reliability calculations - constant failure rate; reliability calculations - variable failure rate; system reliability methods. Part 4 Accelerated testing: accelerated testing; environmental and operating stresses; interpreting data from accelerated tests; developing an integrated reliability test programme. Part 5 Using design of experiments to integrate reliability into the organization: reliability improvement with design of experiments; using design of experiments to integrate reliability into the organization.

About the author

Condra, Lloyd

Summary

A guide to implementing and operating a practical reliability program using experiments. It emphasizes real world solutions to daily problems. It also demonstrates how to combine accelerated testing with design of experiments for immediate improvement.

Product details

• Authors: Lloyd Condra, Lloyd W. Condra
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.04.2001
• EAN: 9780824705275
• ISBN: 978-0-8247-0527-5
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 725 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Quality Control, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering, SCIENCE / Applied Sciences, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Quality Control, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Research, Reliability engineering, Production & quality control management, Production and quality control management