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Our life is strongly influenced by the reliability of the things we use, as well as of processes and services. Failures cause losses in the industry and society. Methods for reliability assessment and optimization are thus very important. This book explains the fundamental concepts and tools. It is divided into two parts. Chapters 1 to 10 explain the basic terms and methods for the determination of reliability characteristics, which create the base for any reliability evaluation. In the second part (Chapters 11 to 23) advanced methods are explained, such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis and Fault Tree Analysis, Load-Resistance interference method, the Monte Carlo simulation technique, cost-based reliability optimization, reliability testing, and methods based on Bayesian approach or fuzzy logic for processing of vague information. The book is written in a readable way and practical examples help to understand the topics. It is complemented with references and a list of standards, software and sources of information on reliability.
Surface treatment is an efficient means for protection of various products against corrosion and also for increasing strength or resistance to wear or fatigue. Also certain electrical, chemical or optical properties may be achieved only by creating special surface layers. Many examples can be given: leaf springs with shot-peened surfaces; carburised and hardened tooth gears; coated cutting tips for machining; chemical appliances made of glass strengthened by ion exchange; enamelled vessels and containers; components for engines or turbines with heat insulating ceramic surface layers; chemical equipment made from low-carbon steel clad with a layer of stainless steel or other more expensive ma...
Nanotechnologies have already attracted massive interest in multiple fields of science and industry. In the past decades, we have witnessed the progress in micro-level experimental techniques that revolutionize the material science. Designing new materials based on the knowledge of mechanics of their building blocks and microstructure manipulations at nanometer scale have become a reality. Nanoindentation, as a leading micro-level mechanical testing technique, has attracted wide attention in numerous research fields and applications. Nowadays, an extensive variety of testing areas ranging from classical thin coatings in machinery engineering, electronics and composites to far fields of civil engineering, biomechanics, implantology or even agriculture can be covered with this universal testing tool. The book aims to be a walk through achievements in some of the distant fields and to give a brief overview of the current frontiers in nanoindentation. Although it is not possible to cover the whole width of the possible themes in one book, it is believed that the reader will benefit from the topics variety and the book will serve as a useful source of literature references.
Selected, peer reviewed papers from the Local Mechanical Properties (LMP 2014,) November 12-14, 2014, High Tatras, Slovak Republic
Proceedings of the 2006 Powder Metallurgy, World Congress & Exhibition (PM 2006), held in Busan Exhibition & Convention Center (BEXCO), Busan, Korea, September 24-28, 2006
Hardbound. This book provides a thorough review on the actual trends in basic and applied research on the strength and fracture of glass and ceramics. The book will prove a useful and dynamic tool for research workers, designers and technologists engaged in the development and manufacture of ceramics or glass. It will also be of use to anybody interested in the strength and fracture of brittle materials.There is a growing demand for a much wider application of ceramics and glass, even in the cases where mechanical load cannot be neglected. This trend is being met with the development of new advanced ceramic and glass materials with markedly better mechanical properties. In the future ceramics will be used increasingly for highly stressed parts of high-temperature heat exchangers, gas turbines, rocket engines and other equipment. A new branch of science called fracture mechanics has been developed, which allows the characterization and description of fai
This book has all non-clinical chapters, as for all clinical chapters I will be publishing the second book soon. These standards should be used by all healthcare service leaders in hospital commissioning, operations, quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.
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The CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology sets the standard against which all other references of this nature are measured. As such, it is a major resource for both skilled professionals and novices to nanotechnology.The book examines the design, application, and utilization of devices, techniques, and technologies critical to research at the