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Chapter 5 discusses the concepts of reliability and life testing of products, defining reliability as the probability of functioning within specified limits over time. It explains the differences between series and parallel systems, providing formulas to calculate reliability based on component independence. The chapter also illustrates how increasing system complexity affects reliability and suggests methods to enhance reliability through parallel component configurations.

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Chapter - 5

Chapter 5 discusses the concepts of reliability and life testing of products, defining reliability as the probability of functioning within specified limits over time. It explains the differences between series and parallel systems, providing formulas to calculate reliability based on component independence. The chapter also illustrates how increasing system complexity affects reliability and suggests methods to enhance reliability through parallel component configurations.

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CHAPTER - 5

Reliability and Life


Testing
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Definition
• Reliability of a product is defined as the probability
that it will function within specified limits for at least a
specified period of time under specified environmental
conditions.
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• Many systems in a product can be considered to be


series, parallel systems, or a combination of both.
• A series system is one in which all components are so
interrelated that the entire system will fail if any one
of its components fails.
• A parallel system is one that will fail only if all of its
components fail.
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• Let us suppose that the n components are


independent, namely, the performance of any one
part does not affect the reliability of the other.
• Under this consideration, the probability that the
system will function is given by the special rule of
multiplication for probabilities,
• We have
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• Where,
▫ Ri is the reliability of the i-th component
▫ RS is the reliability of the series system
Example:- A system consists of 5 independent components in
series, each having a reliability of 0.97.
a. what is the reliability of the system?
b. what happens to the system reliability if its
complexity is increased so that it contains 10 similar
components?
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• Solution,
a. The reliability of the 5 components system is
𝑛
𝑅𝑠 = 𝑖=1 𝑅𝑖

= 0.97x0.97x0.97x0.97x0.97 =0.859
b. Increasing system complexity to 10 components
will decrease the system reliability to
𝑛
𝑅𝑠 = 𝑖=1 𝑅𝑖

= 0.97x0.97x…x0.97 = 0.737
• Looking at the effect of increasing complexity in
another way,
• we find that each of the components in the 10
component system would require a reliability of 0.985
for the 10 component system to have a reliability equal
to that of the original 5 component system.
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• One way to increase reliability of a system is to


replace certain components by several similar
components connected in parallel.

• If a system consists of 𝒏 independent components


connected in parallel, it will fail to function only if
all 𝒏 components fail.
• Thus, if Fi=1-Ri is ‘unreliability’ of the i-th
component, we obtain

Where,
• Fp is the unreliability of the system
• Rp = 1-Fp is the reliability of the parallel system.
• Thus,
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• The two basic formulas for the reliability of series and


parallel systems can be used in combination to calculate
the reliability of a system having both series and
parallel parts.
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Example:
• Find the reliability for the following system
Solution
• The parallel assembly C, D, E can be replaced by an
equivalent component C’ having the reliability without
affecting the overall reliability of the system.

• Similarly, the parallel assembly F, G can be replaced by


a single component F’ having the reliability.
=
The resulting series system A, B, C’, F’, H
equivalent to the original system, has the reliability

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