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The revised edition of this book offers an expanded overview of the reliability design of mechanical systems and describes the reliability methodology, including a parametric accelerated life test (ALT) plan, a load analysis, a tailored series of parametric ALTs with action plans, and an evaluation of the final designs to ensure the design requirements are satisfied.

It covers both the quantitative and qualitative approaches of the reliability design forming in the development process of mechanical products, with a focus on parametric ALT and illustrated via case studies. This new reliability methodology - parametric ALT should help mechanical and civil engineers to uncover design parameters improving product design and avoiding recalls. Updated chapters cover product recalls and assessment of their significance, modern definitions in reliability engineering, parametric accelerated life testing in mechanical systems, and extended case studies.

For this revised edition, one new chapter has been introduced to reflect recent developments in analysis of fluid motion and mechanical vibration. Other chapters are expanded and updated to improve the explanation of topics including structures and load analysis, failure mechanics, design and reliability testing, and mechanical system failure.

The broad scope gives the reader an overview of the state-of-the-art in the reliability design of mechanical systems and an indication of future directions and applications. It will serve as a solid introduction to the field for advanced students, and a valuable reference for those working in the development of mechanical systems and related areas.

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1 Introduction to Reliability Design of Mechanical/Civil System
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Development of Mechanical Product

2 Reliability disaster and of its assessment Significance
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Reliability disasters
2.3 Development of Reliability Methodologies in History

3 Modern definitions in reliability engineering
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Reliability and Bathtub Curve
3.3 Fundamentals in Statistics and Probability Theory
3.4 Probability Distributions
3.5 Sample Distributions
3.6 Load-strength interference
3.7 Reliability lifetime metrics
3.8 Design of experiment (DOE)

4 Failure mechanics, Design and Reliability testing
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Failure mechanics and designs
4.3 Reliability Block Diagram
4.4 Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA)
4.5 Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
4.6 Robust Design (or Taguchi methods)
4.7 Reliability Testing

5 Structures (or Mechanisms) and Load Analysis
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Mechanical structures (and its mechanisms)
5.3 Modeling of Mechanical System
5.4 Bond graph modeling
5.5 Load Spectrum and Rain-flow Counting

6 Fluid Motion and Mechanical Vibration
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Fluid modeling
6.3 Viscous flow and boundary layers
6.4 Parametric Accelerated Life Testing of fluid systems
6.5 Mechanical Vibrations

7 Mechanical System Failure
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Strength of Product Materials
7.3 Mechanism of Slip
7.4 Fatigue failure
7.5 Facture failure
7.6 Stress-strength analysis
7.7 Failure Analysis
7.8 Corrosion Materials

8 Parametric Accelerated Life Testing in Mechanical System
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Mechanical Product Breakdown
8.3 Reliability Design in Mechanical System
8.4 Reliability Targeting of Mechanical Product
8.5 Failure Mechanics, Design and Reliability Testing
8.6 Parametric Accelerated Life Testing
8.7 The reliability design of mechanical system and its verification
8.8 Testing equipment for quality and reliability

9 Parametric ALT and its Case studies
9-1 Failure analysis and redesign of ice-maker
9-2 Residential Sized Refrigerators during Transportation
9-3 Water dispenser lever in a refrigerator
9-4 Refrigerator compressor subjected to repetitive loads
9-5 Hinge Kit System (HKS) in a Kimchi refrigerator
9-6 Refrigerator drawer system
9-7 Compressor suction reed valve
9-8 Failure analysis and redesign of the evaporator tubing
9-9 Improving the noise of mechanical compressor
9-10 French refrigerator drawer system
9-11 Improving reliability of the Hinge Kit System (HKS) in refrigerator

10 Parametric ALT: A Powerful Tool for future engineering development
10.1 Introduction

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