Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability for Engineers
Text Book
Defense Acquisition University Mid-West Region
1 May 2008
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Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability For Engineers Table of Contents Title Preface Description
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Reliability
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Chapter 2: Introduction to Probability
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Chapter 3: Probability
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Chapter 4: Binomial Distribution
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Chapter 5: Poisson Distribution
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Chapter 6: Exponential Distribution
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Chapter 7: Reliability Allocation
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Chapter 8: Reliability Modeling
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Chapter 9: Weibull Distribution
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Chapter 10: Reliability Growth: Test, Analyze and Fix
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Chapter 11: Reliability Testing
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Chapter 12: Omitted
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Chapter 13: Normal Distribution
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1 May 2008 Preface
This textbook is intended to supplement the Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability for Engineers course class presentation. Professor Virgil Rehg originally developed this material for the Air Force Institute of Technology School of Systems and Logistics course, QMT 372 Reliability. Any errors can be attributed to the undersigned. Comments for improvement would be appreciated.
Richard A. Di Lorenzo, Professor of Systems Engineering Management Defense Acquisition University Mid-West Region 3100 Research Blvd., Pod 3, Third Floor Kettering, Ohio 45420 E-mail:
[email protected] Commercial Voice: 937-781-1036 Commercial Fax: 937-781-1090
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Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability (RMA) For Engineers: Description This course is a tailored and updated sub-set of the (former) AFIT School of Systems and Logistics