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Question Paper Code : X 85761
M.E./M.Tech. Degree Examinations, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020
Third Semester
Industrial Safety Engineering
IS5301 – Reliability engineering
(Regulations 2017)
Time : Three Hours Maximum : 100 Marks
Answer all questions
Part – A (10�2=20 Marks)
1. How do you apply Baye’s decomposition method to evaluate reliability of complex
systems ?
2. State the meaning of AND gate and OR gate used in fault tree construction.
3. What are the failure time distributions commonly used in reliability estimation ?
4. How do you measure risk ?
5. Define a ‘design life’.
6. List out the steps followed in K-S goodness of fit test.
7. What are the objectives of reliability growth monitoring ?
8. What are the factors to be given due consideration while planning for spares ?
9. State the three parameters of Weibull probability distribution and give the
meaning of each.
10. What is meant by reliability life testing ?
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Part – B (5�13=65 Marks)
11. a) Test whether the following failure data of a system fits into exponential
distribution using Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test.
Time interval (hr) No. of observed failures
0 – 100 30
100 – 200 45
200 – 300 23
300 – 400 33
400 – 500 27
(OR)
b) The following data represent the time to failures of a device in a space craft.
Examine whether the data fits into exponential distribution or not using
Bartlett’s test
21.20, 16.10, 15.3, 5.80, 26.70, 53.10, 04.30, 07.30, 11.30, 41.50, 14.10, 32.10,
15.80, 23.70, 16.90, 17.60, 43.60, 72.30, 7.70, 29.50.
12. a) i) A component can be repaired at the constant rate of 10 per 8 hour day.
Compute the probability of a single repair. (5)
ii) A requirement exists for an engine fuel pump to be repaired within
3 hour 80 percent of the time. If the repair distribution is lognormal with
shape parameter = 0.40, what MTTR should be achieved to meet this goal ? (8)
(OR)
b) Construct a life table for the engines of a fleet of 180 single-engine aircraft
having the following annual failures and censors. Removals resulted from
aircraft eliminated from the inventory for various reasons other than engine
failure.
Year Number of failures Number of censors
2010 5 0
2011 10 1
2012 12 5
2013 8 2
2014 10 0
2015 15 6
2016 9 3
2017 8 1
2018 4 0
2019 3 1
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13. a) Write short notes on the following :
i) Risk analysis (7)
ii) Risk reduction resources. (6)
(OR)
b) Explain in detail the steps in implementing probabilistic safety assessment.
14. a) Discuss about the application of non-parametric methods viz. empirical
methods of reliability prediction.
(OR)
b) Discuss about the replacement model for items whose operating cost increases
with use. Demonstrate the application of the model with an example.
15. a) A system has 8 components viz. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. The module M has
components A, B, C and D in parallel to each other. The module N has components
E, F, G and H in parallel to each other. The module M and module N are in series.
Construct a fault tree for this symbol and compute system reliability if all the
components have reliability = 0.95.
(OR)
b) i) Derive system reliability equation for a two unit standby system. (7)
ii) Calculate the reliability for a 10 hour operating period of a parallel system
with 2 units each having a failure rate of 0.01 fph. (6)
Part – C (1�15=15 Marks)
16. a) Prove that ‘a priori’ probability of failure and ‘a posteriori’ probability of
failure are same during useful life period of a product.
(OR)
b) A device has the following failure rate where t is in years.
λ(t) = 0.85 t3 t≥0
Find reliability R(t) and determine the probability of a device failing within
the first 100 hours of its operation.
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