Quality Control and Reliability Engineering

  1. System Reliability Analysis
    1. System Reliability Structures
      1. Series Systems
        1. Reliability Calculation
          1. Design Implications
          2. Parallel Systems
            1. Redundancy Benefits
              1. Reliability Calculation
                1. Common Mode Failures
                2. Series-Parallel Combinations
                  1. Mixed System Analysis
                    1. Block Diagram Methods
                      1. Optimization Approaches
                      2. K-out-of-N Systems
                        1. Partial Redundancy
                          1. Reliability Calculations
                          2. Complex Systems
                            1. Network Reduction
                              1. Minimal Path Sets
                                1. Minimal Cut Sets
                              2. Reliability Block Diagrams
                                1. RBD Construction
                                  1. Component Representation
                                    1. System Analysis
                                      1. Critical Component Identification
                                        1. Sensitivity Analysis
                                        2. Reliability Prediction
                                          1. Parts Count Method
                                            1. Early Design Phase
                                              1. Component Databases
                                                1. Limitations
                                                2. Parts Stress Analysis
                                                  1. Detailed Analysis
                                                    1. Stress Factors
                                                      1. Environmental Conditions
                                                      2. Reliability Standards
                                                        1. MIL-HDBK-217
                                                          1. Telcordia SR-332
                                                            1. Industry-Specific Standards
                                                            2. Prediction Accuracy
                                                              1. Uncertainty Factors
                                                                1. Validation Methods

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                                                            5. Reliability Engineering Fundamentals

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                                                            7. Design for Reliability