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A practical guide to the techniques that engineers need to understand and apply to reduce process design and operation defects and failures

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Understand risk of hazardous failure Chapter 2 Understanding terms and jargon Chapter 3 A cost-effective approach to quality, reliability and safety. Chapter 4 Realistic failure rates and prediction confidence. Chapter 5 Interpreting data and demonstrating reliability Chapter 6 Variable failure rates and probability plotting Chapter 7 Essential reliability theory Chapter 8 Methods of modelling Chapter 9 Quantifying the reliability models Chapter 10 QRA Chapter 11 Design and assurance techniques Chapter 12 Design review and test Chapter 13 Field data collection and feedback Chapter 14 Factors influencing down time Chapter 15 Predicting and demonstrating repair times Chapter 16 QRCM Chapter 17 Safety Critical System Software quality/reliability Chapter 18 Integrity of safety critical systems: IEC 61508 (2010) Chapter 19 Project management Chapter 20 Contract clauses Chapter 21 Product liability and safety legislation Chapter 22 Major incident legislation Chapter 23 Integrity of safety-related systems Chapter 24 Case Studies

About the Author

Dr. David J Smith BSc, PhD, CEng, FIEE, HonFSaRS, FIQA, MIGasE, has been directly concerned with reliability, safety and software quality for 30 years. He has written a number of books on the subject as well as numerous papers. His PhD thesis was on the subject of reliability prediction accuracy and common cause failure. He chairs the IGasE panel which develops its guidelines on safety-related systems (now in its third edition). He has also made contributions to IEC 61508.