Quality control, reliability and engineering design

For the first time in a single volume, quality control, reliability, and design engineers have a comprehensive overview of how each of their disciplines interact to achieve optimum product and/or project success. Thoroughly covering every stage of each phase, this outstanding reference provides detailed discussions of techniques and methods, ensuring cost-effective and time-saving procedures ... contains over 80 solved problems -- as well as numerous end-of-chapter exercises -- for reinforcement of essential material ... presents a complete, relevant mathematics chapter that eliminates the need to refer to other math texts ... offers self-contained chapters with introductions, summaries, and extensive references for quick, easy reading and additional study. Quality Control, Reliability, and Engineering Design is a key, on-the-job source for quality control, reliability, and design engineers and managers; system engineers and managers; and mechanical, electrical and electronic, industrial, and project engineers and managers. The book also serves as an ideal reference for professional seminars and in-house training programs, as well as for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in Quality Control, Reliability, Quality Control and Reliability, and Quality Control of Engineering Design. Book jacket.

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Balbir S. Dhillon is an Associate Professor of Engineering Management in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa, Canada

Preface	p. v
1 Introduction	p. 1
1.1 Need for Quality Control, Reliability, and Engineering Design	p. 1
1.2 History	p. 1
1.3 Definitions and Terms	p. 3
1.4 Scope of the Text	p. 5
1.5 Summary	p. 5
Exercises	p. 5
References	p. 6
2 Basic Mathematical Concepts	p. 7
2.1 Introduction	p. 7
2.2 Essential Mathematical Definitions, Laws, Formulas, and Methods	p. 7
2.3 Probability	p. 18
2.4 Exponential Probability Density Function	p. 19
2.5 Cramer's Rule	p. 21
2.6 Summary	p. 24
Exercises	p. 24
References	p. 26
3 Economic Considerations	p. 27
3.1 Introduction	p. 27
3.2 Quality Control Economics	p. 28
3.3 Economics of Reliability	p. 33
3.4 Economics of Engineering Design	p. 36
3.5 Value Analysis and Economic Evaluation Formulas	p. 37
3.6 Summary	p. 39
Exercises	p. 39
References	p. 40
4 Introduction to Quality Control	p. 41
4.1 Introduction	p. 41
4.2 Historical Review of Quality Control	p. 42
4.3 Quality Control Definitions and Terms	p. 43
4.4 Quality Assurance System	p. 43
4.5 Factors which Affect the Quality of Products and Services	p. 44
4.6 Goals for Quality	p. 44
4.7 Summary	p. 46
Exercises	p. 46
References	p. 47
5 Management for Quality Control	p. 48
5.1 Introduction	p. 48
5.2 General Organizational Charts and Methods	p. 49
5.3 Quality Control Manual and Organizational Charts	p. 51
5.4 Functions of Quality Control Engineering	p. 54
5.5 The Quality Control Manager	p. 54
5.6 The Process Engineer	p. 56
5.7 Quality Auditing	p. 58
5.8 Summary	p. 59
Exercises	p. 60
References	p. 60
6 Quality Costs and Procurement Quality Control	p. 62
6.1 Introduction	p. 62
6.2 Quality Costs	p. 63
6.3 Procurement Quality Control	p. 66
6.4 Summary	p. 74
Exercises	p. 74
References	p. 75
7 Statistical Quality Control	p. 76
7.1 Introduction	p. 76
7.2 Review of Basic Statistics	p. 77
7.3 Acceptance Sampling	p. 83
7.4 Quality Control Charts	p. 97
7.5 Summary	p. 109
Exercises	p. 110
References	p. 111
8 Applied Quality Control	p. 112
8.1 Introduction	p. 112
8.2 Quality Assurance of Software	p. 112
8.3 A System to Assure Quality of Integrated Circuits	p. 117
8.4 Quality Control in Banking Systems	p. 119
8.5 Quality Control in the Textile Industry	p. 120
8.6 Summary	p. 122
Exercise	p. 122
References	p. 123
9 Introduction to Reliability	p. 124
9.1 Introduction	p. 124
9.2 Reliability Basics	p. 125
9.3 Probability Distribution Functions Used in Reliability Prediction	p. 130
9.4 Reliability Models	p. 137
9.5 Summary	p. 142
Exercises	p. 142
References	p. 144
10 Design for Reliability	p. 145
10.1 Introduction	p. 145
10.2 Failure Data Analysis: The Maximum Likelihood Estimation Method	p. 145
10.3 Reliability Allocation	p. 148
10.4 Reliability Analysis Techniques	p. 153
10.5 Failure Rate Evaluation of Electronic Components and Systems	p. 163
10.6 Useful Guidelines for Ease of Maintenance, Part Selection, and Control	p. 165
10.7 Software Reliability	p. 166
10.8 Summary	p. 168
Exercises	p. 168
References	p. 169
11 Time-Dependent Reliability Models	p. 171
11.1 Introduction	p. 171
11.2 Reliability Evaluation of Conventional Networks	p. 172
11.3 Reliability Evaluation of Systems Composed of Two-Failure-Mode (Three-State) Devices	p. 181
11.4 Reliability Evaluation of Systems with Common-Cause Failures	p. 193
11.5 Summary	p. 203
Exercises	p. 204
References	p. 206
12 Reliability Estimation	p. 207
12.1 Introduction	p. 207
12.2 Failure Data Plotting	p. 207
12.3 Reliability Testing and Growth Monitoring	p. 210
12.4 Estimation of Confidence Limits	p. 218
12.5 Summary	p. 221
Exercises	p. 221
References	p. 222
13 Introduction to Engineering Design	p. 224
13.1 Introduction	p. 224
13.2 Types of Design	p. 225
13.3 Functions Associated with Engineering Design	p. 225
13.4 Characteristics of Good and Bad Designs	p. 228
13.5 Design Procedure	p. 229
13.6 Arguments for and Against Finite-Life Design	p. 229
13.7 Characteristics of Engineers and Raw Material Available to Them	p. 230
13.8 Characteristics of a Typical Design Engineer	p. 231
13.9 Creativity in Engineering Design	p. 231
13.10 Summary	p. 233
Exercises	p. 233
References	p. 233
14 The Design Process and Associated Areas	p. 235
14.1 Introduction	p. 235
14.2 The Design Process	p. 236
14.3 Factors for New Product Failure	p. 240
14.4 Design Morphology	p. 241
14.5 Specifications	p. 241
14.6 Summary	p. 243
Exercises	p. 243
References	p. 244
15 Engineering Design Reviews	p. 245
15.1 Introduction	p. 245
15.2 Types of Design Reviews	p. 245
15.3 Subjects Discussed During Design Reviews and Items Required for Reviews	p. 246
15.4 Design Review Board Chairman	p. 248
15.5 Design Review Team	p. 249
15.6 Reliability Considerations During the Design Review	p. 250
15.7 Software Design Review	p. 251
15.8 Summary	p. 251
Exercises	p. 252
References	p. 252
16 Reliability and Maintainability in Systems Design	p. 254
16.1 Introduction	p. 254
16.2 Activities Associated with Reliability Design	p. 255
16.3 Reliability Improvement Constraints and Product Reliability Modification	p. 255
16.4 Fundamental Principles of Reliability Design	p. 256
16.5 Design Reliability Assessment Procedure	p. 257
16.6 Design Engineers	p. 259
16.7 Maintainability Considerations in Product Design	p. 260
16.8 Summary	p. 263
Exercises	p. 263
References	p. 264
17 Human Factors in Engineering Design	p. 265
17.1 Introduction	p. 265
17.2 Human Element Considerations During Design Phase	p. 265
17.3 Guidelines for Monitoring the Human Engineering Aspects of Design	p. 267
17.4 Sensory Capacities of Humans	p. 267
17.5 Auditory and Visual Presentations	p. 269
17.6 Comparison of Human and Machine	p. 270
17.7 Factors Shaping Human Performance	p. 272
17.8 Useful Formulas for Engineering Designers	p. 273
17.9 Summary	p. 276
Exercises	p. 276
References	p. 276
18 Design Optimization Methods	p. 278
18.1 Introduction	p. 278
18.2 General Fundamentals of Optimization	p. 278
18.3 The Most General Analytic Form of the Optimizing Problem	p. 279
18.4 Optimization with Differential Calculus	p. 279
18.5 Linear Programming	p. 284
18.6 Summary	p. 287
Exercises	p. 288
References	p. 289
Index	p. 291

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