TY - GEN AU - Smith,Charles O. TI - Introduction to reliability in design SN - 0070590834 U1 - 620.0045,SMI PY - 1976/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Engineering design KW - Reliability (Engineering) N1 - Introduction (Page-3), Reliability Function (Page-8), Component Life (Page-15), Series and Parallel Systems (Page-29), Standby Systems (Page-50) Conditional Probability (Page-63), Multimode Function (Page-74), Derating and Maintenance (Page-79), Reliability Testing (Page-92), A Possible Timesaver (Page-131), Failure Rates and Design (Page-139), Project Mercury (Page-146), Design of a DC-DC converter (Page-152), Availability Concept (Page-153), Human Reliability (Page-162), Super-Reliability (Page-167), Safety Factor and Reliability (Page-172), Reliability Allocation (Page-181), Some Problems to Wrestle with (Page-196), Notes on Probability (Page-208). ER -