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Welcome To IEN 754: Reliability and Maintainability Engineering

This document outlines the course IEN 754 which covers reliability and maintainability engineering concepts. The course covers 10 topics including reliability models, reliability of systems, design for reliability, maintainability, reliability testing, and case studies. Key terms defined include reliability as the probability of failure-free performance over time, maintainability as the probability an item can be repaired within a given time, and availability as the probability a system is operational at a given time. The review section lists important probability and distribution concepts covered in the course.

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Welcome To IEN 754: Reliability and Maintainability Engineering

This document outlines the course IEN 754 which covers reliability and maintainability engineering concepts. The course covers 10 topics including reliability models, reliability of systems, design for reliability, maintainability, reliability testing, and case studies. Key terms defined include reliability as the probability of failure-free performance over time, maintainability as the probability an item can be repaired within a given time, and availability as the probability a system is operational at a given time. The review section lists important probability and distribution concepts covered in the course.

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Welcome to IEN 754:

Reliability and Maintainability


Engineering

Course Outline
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

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

4. Physical Reliability Models:


Covariate Models
Static Models
Dynamic Models

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

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

Course Outline
7. Analysis of Failure Data:
Data Collection
Life Estimation

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

Course Outline
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.

Key Terms
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).

Key Terms
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.

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