Improvement of Reliability in Engineering: A Conference |
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achieved aircraft airline analysis appliances application bath tub curve bearing British Leyland calculations cent complex components corrosion cost cycles CYCLIC STRESSES Data Bank defects distribution effect electrical electronic engineering ensure equipment example exponential distribution factors failure rate fault feed pumps function impeller important improved increase industry ingot loading roughness London Heathrow Airport machine maintain maintenance manufacture material maximum mechanical ment metal methods normal nuclear power operation paper parameters performance plant possible Post Office Telecommunications pressure pressure vessel problems production programme Quality Assurance quality control Reactor reduce reliability data Reliability Engineer repair safety margin scheduled shaft specification speed stage stainless steel standard steam steam turbine strength stress stress-corrosion Strowger supplier system reliability techniques telephone temperature thermal thermal shock tion TOTAL turbine vehicle Weibull Weibull distribution