Code No: RR411304 Set No.

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IV B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February 2007
RELIABILITY AND SAFETY ENGINEERING
(Electronics & Control Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Discuss the ways of gathering failure data and its Documentation in reliability
measurement.
(b) Discuss significance of hazard rate, probability density function and reliability
function. [8+8]

2. (a) Explain network reliability is evaluated for series and parallel configurations
knowing the probabilities of the components.
(b) Obtain the symbolic unreliability expression for the following system whose
component probability of failure is 0.2. Out of the components 4,5,6,7 at least
two of the four components must function for the system to be success. as
shown in figure 2 below. [9+7]

Figure 2
3. (a) Discuss critically reliability centered maintenance and how it is superior to
condition monitoring maintenance.
(b) Explain preventive maintenance. [8+8]

4. (a) Discuss concept of maintainability and how does it improve reliability and
availability of equipment.
(b) Clarify the role of Reliability and Maintainability in improving the system
effectiveness. [8+8]

5. (a) Discuss concept of maintainability demonstration and how does it helps reli-
ability of machine.
(b) Develop corrective maintenance time distributions to improve maintainability.
[8+8]

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6. (a) Discuss scope of life testing and its need for any new product.
(b) Discuss the role of component reliability in design considerations for main-
tainability. [8+8]

7. (a) Out line the working of automatic test equipment.

(b) What do you understand by human reliability? Discuss the three main factors
of human failure rates in a particular operation. [6+10]

8. (a) What are the general safety rules to be observed in an industry?

(b) Define and explain product liability. [8+8]

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Code No: RR411304 Set No. 2
IV B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February 2007
RELIABILITY AND SAFETY ENGINEERING
(Electronics & Control Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Express reliability in terms of hazard rate and failure density.

(b) What are the differences between MTBF and MTBM? MTBM and MTBR.
[8+8]

2. (a) Derive the relation between the reliability function R(t) and the mean time
to failure (MTTF) of any component.
(b) Estimate the reliability of the system represented by the network shown in
figure 2 below,
given RA=0.9,RB=0.8,RD= 0.8,RE=0.9. [10+6]

Figure 2
3. (a) Discuss critically reliability centered maintenance and how it is superior to
condition monitoring maintenance.
(b) Explain preventive maintenance. [8+8]

4. (a) Outline maintainability program elements with an example of maintainability

tasks.
(b) Write notes on Total Productive Maintenance. [8+8]

5. (a) Discuss concept of maintainability demonstration and how does it helps reli-
ability of machine.
(b) Develop corrective maintenance time distributions to improve maintainability.
[8+8]

6. (a) Define component reliability. Explain how component reliability can be im-
porved.

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(b) Write notes on MIL Standards. [9+7]

7. (a) Explain What you understand by Human Reliability. Discuss the main factors
of human failure rates in a particular operation.
(b) Explain how Human Reliability rate is helpful in diagnosing human perfor-
mances. [10+6]

8. (a) What are the general safety rules to be observed in an industry?

(b) Define and explain product liability. [8+8]

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Code No: RR411304 Set No. 3
IV B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February 2007
RELIABILITY AND SAFETY ENGINEERING
(Electronics & Control Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Show that under certain conditions a Binomial distribution can be approxi-
mated by a poison distribution.
(b) A sample of 50 items is picked up from a lot with 1 % defectives. The lot
will be accepted if the number of defectives in the sample is not more than 2.
What is the probability of acceptance of the lot. [9+7]

2. (a) Discuss hazard model and its role in determination of system reliability.
(b) With the help of sketch discuss critically bath tub distribution and significance
of each range in practice. [8+8]

3. (a) Explain the various types of maintenance techniques adopted to improve the
reliability of a system.
(b) Determine the MTTF for a repairable component item under preventive main-
tenance when the failure distribution is uniform. [8+8]

4. (a) Write a short notes on the design considerations of maintainability.

(b) Deduce the relation ship between reliability, maintainability and availability.
[8+8]

5. (a) Discuss concept of maintainability demonstration and how does it helps reli-
ability of machine.
(b) Develop corrective maintenance time distributions to improve maintainability.
[8+8]

6. (a) Assuming that failure time follow weibull distribution, determine parameters
of distribution and estimate reliability of system at time t = 500 hrs.
Data: 47,81,120,140,180,191,215,240,262,284,291,312,340,360,378, 392,399,410,422,
530,538,550,662,778,890.
(b) Classify various approaches for life testing and their limitations. [8+8]

7. (a) What do you understand by human reliability? Discuss the three main factors
of human failure rates in a particular operation.
(b) What are the different levels of condition monitoring? Explain each of them
in detail. [9+7]

8. (a) What is product liability ? Explain

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(b) Describe the various aspects in product safety improvement Programme.[8+8]

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Code No: RR411304 Set No. 4
IV B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February 2007
RELIABILITY AND SAFETY ENGINEERING
(Electronics & Control Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Explain the following terms:

i. Reliability
ii. Availability
iii. Maintainability
iv. MTTF
v. MTTR
vi. MTBF
vii. Frequency of failures
viii. MTFF
ix. MTT SF
(b) An engine is to be designed to have a minimum reliability of 0.8 and minimum
availability of 0.98 over a period of 2000 hrs. Determine the mean repair time
and frequency of failure of the engine. [9+7]

2. (a) Distinguish with block diagrams parallel series and mixed parallel series sys-
tems and write down appropriate formulae in each case.
(b) Assume that six units can be arranged in three series and parallel configu-
ration. Draw their block diagram of arrangement and estimate reliability of
system if each has reliability of 0.85. [9+7]

3. (a) Enumerate the various functions of the maintenance system in an industry.

(b) Describe the basic activities in prevention maintenance and discuss its advan-
tages. [9+7]

4. (a) Distinguish between availability, reliability and maintainability.

(b) What is meant by steady-state availability of the state. Develop the expres-
sions for steady state availabilities of the states of a 2-component repairable
system with identical component transitional and capacity states. [8+8]

5. (a) Describe now you would select the specific maintenance tasks to be demon-
strated.
(b) Describe the corrective action process in the even that the test results indicate
a non compliant situation. [7+9]

6. (a) Discuss scope of life testing and its need for any new product.

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(b) Discuss the role of component reliability in design considerations for main-
tainability. [8+8]

7. (a) What do you understand by human reliability? Discuss the three main factors
of human failure rates in a particular operation.
(b) What are the different levels of condition monitoring? Explain each of them
in detail. [9+7]

8. (a) Explain designing and manufacturing safe products.

(b) Describe the safe guarding methods used to reduce liability claims. [8+8]

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