Practical methods for analysing mechanical designs with respect to their capability and reliability are combined in this quantitative and highly practical volume. Practising engineers who have to hit definite standards for design will find this book invaluable as it outlines methods which use physically significant data to quantify engineering risks at the design stage. By obtaining more realistic measures of design performance, failure costs can be reduced. "Designing Capable and Reliable Products" is split into three parts. The first section offers an introduction to the importance of quality and reliability in product development. The second section offers an introduction to capable design, focusing on producing designs that meet quality standards and also looks at linking component manufacture and its process capability with failure rates. The third section offers an introduction to reliable design, introducing the probabilistic concept of reliability into the product design. Taking product design as its central theme, this book is suitable for postgraduate students as well as professional engineers.