
Designing Faultless Mechanical Products Based on Advanced Reliability Analysis
Seongwoo Woo(Author)
CRC Press
1st Edition
Published on 27. October 2025
Book
Hardback
382 pages
978-1-032-58657-1 (ISBN)
Description
Serving as a foundational guide to the field, this book is an essential resource for professionals involved in the development of mechanical systems and related industries. It provides a comprehensive introduction to mechanical systems design and offers a detailed overview of the current advancements in mechanical systems design, as well as insights into future trends and applications.
Designing Faultless Mechanical Products Based on Advanced Reliability Analysis focuses on the mechanical system based on mechanism and parametric accelerated life testing (ALT). It describes basic reliability concepts, parametric ALT plans, failure mechanism and design, and reliability testing with acceleration factor and sample size equation. A generalized life-stress failure model with a new effort concept has been derived and recommended to calculate the acceleration factor of the mechanical system, which is discussed in the book and should help companies to improve product reliability and avoid recalls due to product/structure failures in the field. As the faulty designs of mechanical products are experimentally identified by this new reliability design method-parametric ALT-the mechanical/civil engineering system might improve in reliability by the increase in lifetime and the reduction in failure rate.
This book offers a thorough exploration of design concepts for professional engineers, college- and university-level lecturers, researchers, and design managers specializing in reliability. It is also beneficial for senior-level undergraduates and graduates studying mechanical, industrial, and civil engineering. Companies can utilize this resource to enhance product reliability and prevent recalls resulting from product or structural failures.
Designing Faultless Mechanical Products Based on Advanced Reliability Analysis focuses on the mechanical system based on mechanism and parametric accelerated life testing (ALT). It describes basic reliability concepts, parametric ALT plans, failure mechanism and design, and reliability testing with acceleration factor and sample size equation. A generalized life-stress failure model with a new effort concept has been derived and recommended to calculate the acceleration factor of the mechanical system, which is discussed in the book and should help companies to improve product reliability and avoid recalls due to product/structure failures in the field. As the faulty designs of mechanical products are experimentally identified by this new reliability design method-parametric ALT-the mechanical/civil engineering system might improve in reliability by the increase in lifetime and the reduction in failure rate.
This book offers a thorough exploration of design concepts for professional engineers, college- and university-level lecturers, researchers, and design managers specializing in reliability. It is also beneficial for senior-level undergraduates and graduates studying mechanical, industrial, and civil engineering. Companies can utilize this resource to enhance product reliability and prevent recalls resulting from product or structural failures.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Reference
Illustrations
229 s/w Zeichnungen, 11 s/w Tabellen, 364 s/w Abbildungen, 135 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
11 Tables, black and white; 229 Line drawings, black and white; 135 Halftones, black and white; 364 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
760 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-58657-1 (9781032586571)
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Seongwoo Woo earned BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering and earned a PhD in mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University, USA. His major interests include energy systems, such as HVAC and heat transfer, the optimal design and control of refrigerators, the reliability design of mechanical components, and failure analysis of thermal components in the marketplace using nondestructive methods, such as scanning electron microscopy and X-rays. In particular, he has developed parametric accelerated life testing (ALT) as a new reliability methodology, which determines whether there is a design fault in a mechanical system that is subjected to repetitive stress. Using parametric ALT, engineers can find design faults before the product is launched and thus avoid failures.
From 1992 to 1997, Dr. Woo worked in the Agency for Defense Development in Chinhae, South Korea, where he was the researcher in charge of the development of naval weapons systems. From 2000 to 2010, he worked as a senior reliability engineer in the Side-by-Side Refrigerator Division, Digital Appliances, Samsung Electronics, where he focused on enhancing the lifetimes of refrigerators using parametric ALT. He is currently a professor in the Mechanical Department, Ethiopian Technical University, Addis Ababa.
From 1992 to 1997, Dr. Woo worked in the Agency for Defense Development in Chinhae, South Korea, where he was the researcher in charge of the development of naval weapons systems. From 2000 to 2010, he worked as a senior reliability engineer in the Side-by-Side Refrigerator Division, Digital Appliances, Samsung Electronics, where he focused on enhancing the lifetimes of refrigerators using parametric ALT. He is currently a professor in the Mechanical Department, Ethiopian Technical University, Addis Ababa.
Content
1. Introduction to the Necessity of a Structured Design Method. 2. Probability, Statistical Distribution, and Reliability Definitions. 3. Design of Mechanical System Including Mechanisms. 4. Engineering (Dynamic) Load Analysis. 5. Mechanical System Design (Strength and Stiffness). 6. Mechanical System Failures and Quantum Mechanics. 7. Design Methodology: Parametric Accelerated Life Testing. 8. Case Investigations of Parametric Accelerated Life Testing (ALT). 9. Parametric ALT: An Influential Device for Future Engineering Evolution.