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Seventh Semester B.Tech. Degree Examination Model Question Paper

This document contains a model question paper for a 7th semester B.Tech degree examination in Reliability Engineering. The paper contains 4 modules with 2 questions each. Module 1 covers reliability concepts like bath tub curve and reliability calculations. Module 2 discusses redundancy techniques and marginal analysis. Module 3 includes reliability design process and allocation. Module 4 focuses on availability modeling, inspection and repair models, and determining MTTRs to achieve availability goals. Students are required to answer 1 question from each module involving concepts, calculations, diagrams and qualitative analyses.

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Seventh Semester B.Tech. Degree Examination Model Question Paper

This document contains a model question paper for a 7th semester B.Tech degree examination in Reliability Engineering. The paper contains 4 modules with 2 questions each. Module 1 covers reliability concepts like bath tub curve and reliability calculations. Module 2 discusses redundancy techniques and marginal analysis. Module 3 includes reliability design process and allocation. Module 4 focuses on availability modeling, inspection and repair models, and determining MTTRs to achieve availability goals. Students are required to answer 1 question from each module involving concepts, calculations, diagrams and qualitative analyses.

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SEVENTH SEMESTER B.TECH.

DEGREE EXAMINATION
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
13.703 – RELIABILITY ENGINEERING (N)
TIME: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

PART A
(Answer all the questions, each question carries 2 marks)
1. Define the term reliability? Explain the reliability function
2. Explain the term MTTF. Also derive it with respect to reliability and CDF
3. State k-out-of-m system redundancy?
4. What is mixed redundancy?
5. Explain the static model for constant strength and load?
6. What is a tie and cut set?
7. What is ARINC method?
8. Define system effectiveness?
9. Explain inherent availability?
10. What is MTBF?

PART B
(Answer any one question from each module. Each question carry 20 marks)
Module-1
11.
a) State the difference between reliability and quality (5)
b) Draw and explain Bath tub Curve.(5)
c) The time to wear for a cutting tool is distributed normally with a mean of
2.8hour and standard deviation of 0.6 hour. Find
I. The probability that the tool will wear out in 1.5 hours
II. Find out the reliability for 1.5 hours
III. How often the cutting edge of the tool must be replaced in order to keep
the failure less than 10 percentage? (10)
12.
a) Explain memorylessness with a example (4)
b) Find out the system reliability for a serial and parallel configuration with 2
components. (7)
c) Find out the reliability of the following system with 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 as 0.85,0.90,
0.95,0.90,0.80 and 0.85 respectively. Find out the tie sets and cut sets (9)
Module 2
13.
a) Compare unit vs Component Redundancy with sketches (8)
b) Given a budget of Rs 700 and the following data on three components that must
operate in series .Determine, using marginal analysis, the optimum number of
redundant units. Compute the achieved reliability.

Components Reliability Unit Cost


1 0.80 Rs 200
2 0.90 Rs 100
3 0.95 Rs 75
(12)
14.
a) Find out the reliability using markov analysis for load sharing units? (8)
b) A manufacturing company operates two production lines when both lines are
operating, the production rate on each line is 500 units per hour. At this production rate
the failure rate of line 1 is 3 failures per 8-hr day (CFR) and the failure rate of line 2 is
2 failures per 8-hr day. When one line fails, the production rate of the second line must
be increased in order to make production quotas. At the increased rate of 800 units per
hour, the failure rate of line 1 is 6 per 8 hr day and the failure rate of line is 3 per 8-hr
day. Find the reliability and the MTTF and the reliability of the production system over
a 1 hr and over an 8 hr production run. (12)
Module 3
15.
a) With a block diagram explain the reliability design process. (7)
b) A system consists of three components in series having the following
parameters. The reliability goal is 0.90 for the system. Do the reliability
allocation.
Components Reliability Unit Cost
1 0.85 Rs 25
2 0.80 Rs 20
3 0.90 Rs 40
(13)
16.
a) Explain the steps in FMECA. (10)
b) Perform a qualitative analysis on the following fault tree by expressing the top event
in terms of non-reductant basic events using Boolean algebra. If the probability of each
basic event is 0.005 and events are independent, what is the probability of the top event?

Top
Event

OR

A B

AND OR

C D E C D

OR

F G
(10)

Module 4
17.
a) Compute markov analysis of availability model for two component stand by
system. (8)
b) A generator system consist of primary and a standby unit. The primary fails at
a constant rate of 2 per month, and the stand by system fails only when online
at a constant rate of 4 per month. Repair can begin only when both units have
failed. Both units are repaired at the same time with an MTTR of 20 days.
Derive the steady state equations for the state probabilities and solve for the
system availability. (12)
18.
a) Define Maintainability and availability and compare it with reliability. (5)
b) What is inspection and repair availability model? Explain a case for it. (7)
c) Determine the upper bound for each of the following aircraft subsystems MTTRs if a
system availability goal of 0.95 is desired. Assume the repair restores the subsystem to
as good as new and each system has the same availability. (7)

Subsystem Time Between Parameters


failures
Propulsion Weibull θ =1000, β=1.7
Avionics Exponential λ=0.003
Structures Weibull θ =2000, β=2.1
Electrical Weibull θ =870, β=1.8
Environmental Exponential λ=0.001

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