
The demands of the global economy require manufacturers to produce highly reliable and easily maintainable engineering products. Recent studies indicate that for many large and sophisticated products or systems, maintenance, and support account for as much as 60 to 75 percent...

This book covers the topics of maintainability, maintenance, and reliability for the first time within a single source. It discusses mechanical and human reliability as well as reliability evaluation methods. It addresses various aspects of maintainability, including tools, specific...