Probability and Statistics For Engineers and Scientisst
Probability and Statistics For Engineers and Scientisst
Probability and Statistics For Engineers and Scientisst
2. The time to failure in operating hours of a critical solid-state power unit has the hazard rate
0.5
t
function t 0,003 , for t 0.
500
(a) What is the reliability function if the power unit must operate continuously for 50 hours ?
(b) Compute the MTTF.
(c) What is the design life for a reliability of 0.90 ?
(d) Given that the unit has operated for 50 hours, what is the probability that it will survive a
second 50 hours of operation ?
4. For
R (t ) e 0.001 t
, t 0,
(a) Compute the reliability for a 50-hr mission
(b) Show that the hazard rate is decreasing.
(c) Given a 10-hr burn-in period, compute the reliability for 50-hr mission.
(d) What is the design life for a reliability of 0.95 given a 10-hr burn in ?
5. For a system having a Weibull failure distribution with a shape parameter of 1.4 and a scale
parameter of 550 days, find
(a) R(100 days) (b) the B1 life (c) MTTF (d) the standard deviation (e) the design life
for a reliability of 0.90.