M.E.

359 Problem Set #7

Due Thursday, June 4, 2015
[1] 9.28

Solution
Failure occurs when more than one bank or subsystem fails.

t 0.2 104 , P{n 1} 1 e t (1 t ) 2.0 10 10 .

Alternative solution
It can also be treated as an m/N active redundancy problem with m=3 and N=4 to be
able to shut down the system. Based on Eq. (9.61),
N m 1
2
Fa C NN m 1 t
C24 t 6 (0.2 10 4 ) 2 2.4 10 9 .
[2] 9.36

Solution

(a) RA t e 2 t , RB t 1 t e t , Rsys t RA t RB t 1 t e 3t .
(b)
9

Rsys t 1 t e 3t 1 t 1 3t 2t 2 ...
2

9
3

1 3t 2t 2 ... t 3 2t 2 ... 1 2t 2t 2 .
2
2

(c) MTTFsys Rsys t dt 1 t e 3t dt 4

[3] (from last years final) Consider the following system

4 MTTF.
9

a. Find the system reliability Rsys in terms of Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd.
b. Draw a fault tree for system failure
Solution
(a) Rsys Ra Rb Rc Ra Rb Rc Rd .
(b)
Standard form

(ab)c

ab

Minimum
cut set form

b
d
c
M1
M2

M3

M1

M2

M3

[4] 10.5

Solution
t

t dt 0.015t 0.01t .
(a) R (5) exp - 0.015 5 0.01 25 0.7225 .
(b) R(1) exp 0.015 0.01 0.9753,
0

Rm (5) R(1)4 R(1) R(1)5 0.97535 0.8825 .

4

(c) Rm (5) R (1) 4 1 p R (1) R (1)5 1 p 0.9753 1 0.05 0.7188 .

[5] 10.13

Solution
MTTF
34

0.9315 .
MTTR MTTF 34 2.5
MTTF
0.9315 1.5
(b) 0.9315
, MTTF
20.4 .
1.5 MTTF
0.0685

(a) A* ()

[6] 10.18

Solution
1
1
A* ( ) 1 T0 , 0.99 1
T0 , T0 0.6 months .
2
2 30