Download or read book Practical Reliability Engineering and Analysis for System Design and Life-Cycle Sustainment written by William Wessels and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-04-16 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's sophisticated world, reliability stands as the ultimate arbiter of quality. An understanding of reliability and the ultimate compromise of failure is essential for determining the value of most modern products and absolutely critical to others, large or small. Whether lives are dependent on the performance of a heat shield or a chip in a