Analyses for Durability and System Design Lifetime: A Multi-disciplinary Approach - Brossura

Saleh, Joseph H.

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ISBN 10: 1107410681 ISBN 13: 9781107410688

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Riassunto

An issue in engineering design is a system's design lifetime. Economists study durability choice problems for consumer goods but seldom address lifetime problem(s) of complex engineering systems. The issues for engineering systems are complex and multidisciplinary and require an understanding of the 'technicalities of durability' and the economic implications of the marginal cost of durability and value maximization. Commonly the design lifetime for an infrastructure is set between 30 and 70 years. Satellite lifetimes are also assigned arbitrarily or with limited analysis. 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 engineering systems with network externalities (competition and market uncertainty) and obsolescence effects (technology evolution). Since the analyses are system-specific, a satellite example is used to illustrate the essence and provide a quantitative application of said analyses.

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Review of the hardback: 'This book provides an excellent insight into approaches that can be used to understand better the key drivers in the marginal cost of durability. ... I would recommend [it] as an informative, useful, and practical addition to the engineer's library and look forward to the works on uncertainty and flexibility to follow.' Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Descrizione del libro:

This book explores system design lifetime problems addressing the technicality of durability, the marginal cost of durability, and the durability choice problem for complex systems with network externalities and obsolescence. It adresses the tension between the design lifetimes of complex systems and the shortening time scales associated with obsolescence.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107410681
• ISBN 13: 9781107410688
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 216