Recommended Books for Maintenance Reliability Engineers

Books on ILS:

• Integrated Logistics Support Handbook (McGraw-Hill Logistics Series)

  

   (ILS) uses R&M data to support maintenance planning.
• A good book on ILS follows: Integrated Logistics Support Handbook (McGraw-Hill Logistics Series)  James V. Jones 1987, TAB Books Inc.

“Practical books”:

• Optimal Replacement Policy (Study in Mathematics & Managerial Economics)

  

  , D. W. Jorgenson, J. JH. McCall, and R. Radner, North Holland, 1967
• Models of Preventive Maintenance (Study in Mathematics & Managerial Economics)

  

  , Ilya B. Gertsbakh, North Holland, 1977
• Maintenance, Replacement, and Reliability: Theory and Applications, Second Edition (Mechanical Engineering) 2nd edition by Jardine, Andrew K.S., Tsang, Albert H.C. (2013) Hardcover

  

… several by Andrew Jardine and Albert H. C. Tsang

• An Introduction to Reliability and Maintainability Engineering

  

   by Charles Ebeling. Ebeling presents RMA with a balance of rigor (foundations) with application (that includes meaningful examples).
• I recently found a book which I think has got ‘everything’ in RMA and that is Handbook of Performability Engineering

  

   by Krishna B. Misra.

Other books I found very helpful:

• Reliability, Maintainability and Risk: Practical Methods for Engineers including Reliability Centred Maintenance and Safety-Related Systems, 8th Edition

  

   8th edition by David J Smith,
• Maintenance Best Practices

  

   by Ramesh Galati and Ricky Smith.
• Patrick D ‘ Oconnor’ s Practical Reliability Engineering

  

   book is also good in a number of topics.
• There is one book by John Davidson that’s not as popular called The The Reliability of Mechanical Systems

  

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The book is good for those in MRA of mechanical systems and components. I like his approach to FTA, RBDs, and FMECA.

• Of course, the bible immediately came to mind; Reliability-Centered Maintenance

  

   by Nolan and Heap.

A couple of my favorites:

• Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM): Implementation Made Simple

  

   by Neil B. Bloom
• Making Common Sense Common Practice, Fourth Edition: Models for Operational Excellence

  

  , Fourth Edition:
• Models for Operational Excellence by Ron Moore

Recommended for use:

• I have used the Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management 2/E

  

   by Grant Ireson and C Commbs,
• Practical Reliability Engineering

  

   by Patrick O’Connor,
• Applied Reliability, 2nd Edition (Electrical Engineering)

  

   by Paul Tobias and David Trindade.

Sometimes one source provides a better explanation and/or detail than others on a specific topic; it is good to know where to find specific references.

• Maintenance Best Practices

  

   by R J Galati

And a few more after the initial posting:

• System Reliability Theory: Models, Statistical Methods, and Applications, 2nd Edition (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)

  

  , M. Rausand and A. Høyland
• Reliability-Centered Maintenance Second Edition

  

  , John Mowbray

Of course, there are more good ones out there – please comment with which you grab most often.