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Analysis for durability and system design lifetime : a multidisciplinary approach / J oseph H. Saleh.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge aerospace series ; 23Publication details: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: xiii, 201 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780521867894
  • 0521867894
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 620.00452   22
Contents:
Introduction: On Time 19 CON2 2 -- To Reduce or to Extend a System Design Lifetime? A qual- CON2 9 -- A Brief History of the Economic Thought on Durability 58 CON2 2 -- Analysis of Marginal Cost of Durability and System Cost CON2 1 per Day 113 2 -- Flawed Metrics: System Cost Per Day and Cost Per Payload166 CON2 13 -- Durability Choice and Optimal Design Lifetime for Com- CON2 2 plex Engineering Systems 203 3
Summary: An issue in engineering design is a system's design lifetime. This book provides a systemic qualitative and quantitative approach to these problems addressing, first, the technicality of durability, second, the marginal cost of durability, and, third, the durability choice problem for complex systems with network externalities (competition and market uncertainty) and obsolescence (technology evolution). Also addressed is the increasing tension between the design lifetimes of complex systems and the shortening time scales associated with the obsolescence of the technology. The book ends with a discussion of flexibility in system design.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: On Time 19 CON2 2 -- To Reduce or to Extend a System Design Lifetime? A qual- CON2 9 -- A Brief History of the Economic Thought on Durability 58 CON2 2 -- Analysis of Marginal Cost of Durability and System Cost CON2 1 per Day 113 2 -- Flawed Metrics: System Cost Per Day and Cost Per Payload166 CON2 13 -- Durability Choice and Optimal Design Lifetime for Com- CON2 2 plex Engineering Systems 203 3

An issue in engineering design is a system's design lifetime. This book provides a systemic qualitative and quantitative approach to these problems addressing, first, the technicality of durability, second, the marginal cost of durability, and, third, the durability choice problem for complex systems with network externalities (competition and market uncertainty) and obsolescence (technology evolution). Also addressed is the increasing tension between the design lifetimes of complex systems and the shortening time scales associated with the obsolescence of the technology. The book ends with a discussion of flexibility in system design.

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