1st Edition

Applied Reliability for Engineers

By B.S. Dhillon Copyright 2021
232 Pages 49 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

232 Pages 49 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

232 Pages 49 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Engineering systems and products are an important element of the world economy and each year billions of dollars are spent to develop, manufacture, operate, and maintain systems and products around the globe. Because of this, global competition is requiring reliability professionals to work closely with other departments involved in engineering development during the product design and... Read more

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Basic Mathematical Concepts

Chapter 3 Reliability Basics

Chapter 4 Reliability Evaluation Methods

Chapter 5 Robot Reliability

Chapter 6 Computer and Internet Reliability

Chapter 7 Transportation Systems Failures and Reliability Modeling

Chapter 8 Power System Reliability

Chapter 9 Medical Equipment Reliability

Chapter 10 Mining Equipment Reliability

Chapter 11 Oil and Gas Industry Equipment Reliability

Index

Biography

Professor Dhillon attended the University of Wales where he received a BS in electrical and electronic engineering and an MS in mechanical engineering. He received a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Windsor. He is a professor of Engineering Management in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa. He has served as a Chairman/Director of the Mechanical Engineering Department/Engineering Management Program for over 10 years at the same institution. He is the founder of the probability distribution named Dhillon Distribution/Law/Model by statistical researchers in their publications around the world. He has published over 377 single authored and co-authored publications and 154 conference proceedings and articles on reliability engineering, maintainability, safety, and engineering management. He is or has been on the editorial board of 12 international scientific journals. In addition, Dr. Dhillon's books are being used in over 100 countries with many of them translated into German, Russian, Chinese, and Persian.