Preface to the Second Edition
Reliability engineering and risk analysis are essential branches of science and engineering that enable us to uphold the integrity of engineered systems and the engineering profession. These capabilities are relevant to various engineering disciplines, including mechanical, chemical, aerospace, nuclear, oil and gas, transportation, electrical, and more. Since engineering designs and processes impose various hazards, risk and reliability analyses are universally important. Interest in reliability and risk analysis has increased due to accidents that have recently resulted in significant public attention, such as the nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island and Fukushima Daiichi, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the ...
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