The book is written with practical application in mind and is useful for professionals and students in quality and reliability areas of different industries: automotive, aerospace, railroad, off-highway, marine, food technology, etc. and applicable to mechanical, electro-mechanical, electronic, hydraulic, and other devices.
It presents the fundamental concepts for rapid quality improvement of products through accelerated testing.
The authors show how to simulate real life conditions to identify of product degradation and failures and eliminate them through various testing techniques and equipment.
Using an 11-step reliability testing methodology along with different types of testing (vibration, corrosion, etc.), the authors show how to achieve a good correlation between accelerated testing results and field results.
Dr. Lev M. Klyatis is Department Head of Reliability, Eccol, Inc.
He was a United Nations European Economical Commission Expert.
He is the US Expert representative to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Technical Committee 56 (Dependability) for development and update of the international standards.
He is an internationally recognized expert in use and development of accelerated testing, statistical analysis, and reliability prediction.
He has more than 200 publications and more than 30 patents from different countries.
Lev M. Klyatis has three doctorates: Ph.D., West European high level of doctor's degree (Habilitated Dr.-Ing.), and East European high level of doctor's degree (Dr. of Technical Sciences).
His biography is listed in Marquis Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.
Eugene L. Klyatis is a professional reliability engineer and quality manager.
His experience used in different european countries in the field and laboratory testing of different types of products, developing and using technique and equipment for electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, etc. products.
He is developer of basic concepts of quality rapid improvement during manufacture.
He has written numerous articles and papers on quality and accelerated testing development.