Welcome to IEN 754:

Reliability and Maintainability

Engineering

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1. Reliability and Maintainability Concepts:
Important Definitions
Review of Probability

2. Reliability Models:
Mathematical Models
Failure Processes
Constant Failure Rate Models
Time-dependent Failure Models

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3. Reliability of Systems:
Serial Configuration
Parallel Configuration
Combined Serial-Parallel

4. Physical Reliability Models:

Covariate Models
Static Models
Dynamic Models

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5. Design for Reliability:
Reliability Allocation
Design Methods
Failure Analysis

6. Maintainability:
Repair time Distribution
System Repair Time
Preventive Maintenance

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7. Analysis of Failure Data:
Data Collection
Life Estimation

8. Reliability Testing:
Reliability Life testing
Burn-In Testing
Acceptance Testing
Accelerated Life Testing

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9. Reliability Growth Testing:
The Reliability Growth Process
Reliability Growth Models

10. Case Studies:

Used to demonstrate the above concepts

Reliability Definitions
It is the probability of failure-free
performance over a given period of time
under stated conditions.

Key Terms
Probability:
A measure of the likelihood of observing an
event.
Failure:
The event in which any item or part of an
item does not, or would not perform its
intended function.

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Time:
The universal measure of duration, defined
relative to the function performed;
calendar/clock time, operating hours, cycles,
etc.
Conditions:
A set of operational conditions including;
design loads, environmental effects and
maintenance procedures.

Quality and Reliability

Quality is generally defined as the totality of
features and characteristics of a product or
service that bear on its ability to satisfy
given needs.
Reliability is a time dependent
characteristic.
Reliability may be viewed as the quality of
the products operational performance over
time.

Maintainability
Is the probability that a failed component or
system will be repaired to a specified
condition within a given period of time,
following a stated procedures.

Key Terms
Repairable Item:
An item which can be restored to perform all
of its required functions by corrective
maintenance.
Time:
Expressed in clock time and includes hands-on
repair time (excluding any delay).

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Repair/Restoration:
All actions performed as a result of failure, to
restore an item to a specified condition.
These can include any or all of the following
steps: localization, isolation, disassembly,
interchange, re-assembly, alignment and
checkout.

Availability
Is the probability that a component or system
is operational at a given point in time when
used under stated conditions.
[Used for repairable systems]

Availability
This is a comprehensive measure of
performance which accounts for both the
probability of failure-free operation
(reliability) and the probability of repair
(maintainability).

Review
Probability & Probability
Distributions
Probability Laws
Random Variables
Expectation
Discrete Distributions
The Binomial Model
The Poisson Model

Continuous Distributions
The Normal
The Exponential
The Weibull Distribution.