Reliability engineering is a sub-discipline of systems engineering that emphasizes the ability of equipment to function without failure. Reliability … See more

The word reliability can be traced back to 1816 and is first attested to the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Before World War II the term was linked mostly to See more

Reliability is the probability of a product performing its intended function over its specified period of usage and under specified operating … See more

Implementing a reliability program is not simply a software purchase; it is not just a checklist of items that must be completed that ensure one has reliable products and processes. A reliability program is a complex learning and knowledge-based system unique to … See more

For any system, one of the first tasks of reliability engineering is to adequately specify the reliability and maintainability requirements allocated from the overall availability needs and, more importantly, derived from proper design failure analysis or preliminary … See more

In practice, most failures can be traced back to some type of human error, for example in:
• Management decisions (e.g. in budgeting, timing, and … See more

Reliability prediction combines:
• creation of a proper reliability model (see further on this page)
• estimation (and justification) of … See more