Regional water system management: water conservation, water supply and system integration

✍ Scribed by Enrique Cabrera; Ricardo Cobacho; Jay R Lund

Publisher: Balkema
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Leaves: 338
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content: Case Studies in Reliability and Maintenance --
Contents --
Contributors --
Preface --
1. Introduction and Overview --
1.1. Introduction --
1.2. Reliability, Maintenance, Maintainability, and Quality --
1.3. History of Reliability and Maintainability --
1.4. Applications --
1.5. Life Cycle Concepts --
1.6. Tools and Techniques for the Study of Reliability --
1.7. Reliability and Maintenance Data and Analysis --
1.8. Issues in Reliability and Maintenance --
1.9. Case Studies: An Overview --
References --
PART A. CASES WITH EMPHASIS ON PRODUCT DESIGN --
2. Space Interferometer Reliability-Based Design Evaluation --
2.1. Introduction --
2.2. Problem Description --
2.3. Alternative Optical Interferometer Designs --
2.4. Evaluation of Alternative Designs --
2.5. Interpretations, Conclusions, and Extensions --
References --
Exercises --
Acronyms --
3. Confidence Intervals for Hardware Reliability Predictions --
3.1. Introduction --
3.2. Approach --
3.3. Problem Description --
3.4. Reliability Modeling --
3.5. Subassembly Hardware Reliability Prediction --
3.6. Construction of Component Failure Rate Database --
3.7. Comparing Field Reliability Results with Predictions --
3.8. Implementation --
3.9. Conclusions --
References --
Exercises --
4. Allocation of Dependability Requirements in Power Plant Design --
4.1. Introduction --
4.2. System Characterization --
4.3. Modeling Dependability and Requirements --
4.4. Allocation of Requirements --
4.5. Continued Allocation in the Fault Tree --
4.6. Conclusions --
References --
Exercises --
PART B. CASES WITH EMPHASIS ON DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING --
5. The Determination of the Design Strength of Granite Used as External Cladding for Buildings --
5.1. Introduction --
5.2. Properties of Granite --
5.3. Reliability Criteria --
5.4. Current Practices --
5.5. Case Study --
5.6. Conclusions --
References --
Exercises --
Appendix A. Rosa Antico Data --
Appendix B. White Berrocal Data --
6. Use of Sensitivity Analysis to Assess the Effect of Model Uncertainty in Analyzing Accelerated Life Test Data --
6.1. Introduction --
6.2. Weibull Distribution and Initial Data Analysis --
6.3. Response Surface Model Analysis --
6.4. Effect of Stroke Displacement on Spring Life --
6.5. Concluding Remarks --
References --
Exercises --
Appendix A. SPLIDA Commands for the Analyses --
Appendix B. Spring-Accelerated Life Test Data --
7. Virtual Qualification of Electronic Hardware --
7.1. Introduction --
7.2. Automotive Module Case Study --
7.3. Summary --
References --
Exercises --
8. Development of a Moisture Soak Model for Surface-Mounted Devices --
8.1. Introduction --
8.2. Experimental Procedure and Results --
8.3. The Moisture Soak Model --
8.4. Discussion --
References --
Exercises --
9. Construction of Reliable Software in Resource-Constrained Environments --
9.1. Introduction --
9.2. Constrained Development --
9.3. Model and Metrics --
9.4. Case Studies --
9.5. Summary --
References --
Exercises --
10. Modeling and Analysis of Software S

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