ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a number of methods considered useful for performing reliability, safety, and maintenance analysis of engineering systems. Fault tree analysis is a method widely used in industry for evaluating the reliability of engineering systems during their design and development phase, particularly in the area of nuclear power generation. The Markov method is widely used for performing reliability-related analysis of engineering systems and is named after a Russian mathematician, Andrei A. Markov. Failure modes and effect analysis (FMEA) is a widely used method for analyzing the reliability of engineering systems. Interface safety analysis (ISA) is a method concerned with determining the incompatibilities between subsystems and assemblies of equipment/product that could lead to accidents. The broad indices category indicates the overall performance of the organization/facility in regard to the maintenance activity, and the specific indices category indicates the performance in specific areas of the maintenance activity.
