A practical approach to reliability data collection and analysis in support of the rail industry

摘要

A practical approach to reliability data collection has been described which relies on craftsmen and engineers apply codes and other information at the time the work is done.rnThe analysis methods applied often need to meet conflicting requirements, they need to be rigorous to be provide reliable results and simple enough for non-specialist engineers to apply them. The trend analyses, Pareto charts and summary statistics are simple and effective while the probability plotting requires specialist expertise.