Acknowledgements
We remain deeply indebted to the people who provided valuable help and advice on the first edition. Their generous efforts still enhance the book. In particular Dr. Ralph Evans, Kenneth Blemel and Norman Harris provided insights and assistance. Professor Dennis Carter was the originator of the load-strength concepts described in Chapter 5. Professor Bev Littlewood helped with the software reliability modelling descriptions in Chapter 10.
The authors would also like to express their gratitude to the people who have contributed to the present edition or helped to review the draft manuscript: Pantelis Vassiliou, Peter Sandborn, Mike Silverman, Vasiliy Krivtsov, Vitali Volovoi, Yizhak Bot, Michael Varnau, Steve McMullen, Andy Foote, Fred Schenkelberg, David Dylis, Craig Hillman, Cheryl Tulkoff, Walt Tomczykowski, Eric Juliot, Joe Boyle and Marina Shapiro.
PATRICK O'CONNOR
ANDRE KLEYNER
2011