Abstract
AbstractThis paper takes a broad overview of the reliability and safety engineering practice as it is commonly exercised in the aerospace and military industries today, especially with respect to complex electronic equipment which typically includes considerable software content. A general deficiency is noted with regard to the system‐level approach to reliability. It would appear that the system‐level reliability activities are given less attention than is needed, while excessive emphasis is placed on component micro‐physics, component failure models, and various component‐oriented analyses. Systems‐level reliability topics, which predominate in the equipment reliability which is actually observed, are sometimes ignored by reliability engineers.Methods and practical philosophies to re‐establish a solid system engineering foundation for contemporary reliability practice, which have been developed through the authors' experience in the field, are presented. Finally, an example analysis is shown to illustrate the concepts.
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