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Reliability
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Learning Objectives
You should be able to:
1. Define reliability
2. Perform simple reliability computations
3. Explain the purpose of redundancy in a
system
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Reliability
Reliability
The ability of a product, part, or system to
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independent events
Independent event
Events whose occurrence or non-occurrence do not
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Example Rule 1
A machine has two buttons. In order for the
Button 1
.95
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Button 2
.88
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reliability
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Example 1: Reliability
Determine the reliability of the system shown
A
.98
C
.90
.95
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Example Rule 2
A restaurant located in area that has frequent power
Generator
.90
Power Co.
.97
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Example Rule 3
A student takes three calculators (with reliabilities of .85, .
Calc. 3
.75
Calc. 2
.80
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Calc. 1
.85
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.98
.90
.92
.90
.95
.98
.90+.90(1-.90)
.95+.92(1-.95)
.80
.80
.70
.95
.85
.90
.99
.9925
.97
.9531
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1
2
3
4
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
0.9900
0.9801
0.9703
0.9606
0.9510
0.9321
0.9135
0.8953
0.8775
0.8601
0.8429
0.8262
0.8097
Reliability
0.9500
0.9000
0.8500
0.8000
1
11
13
# of Components
15
17
19
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Exponential Distribution
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e-2000/2000 = e-1
From Table 4S.1, e-1 = .3679
So, the probability one of these bulbs will fail before 2,000
hours is 1 .3679 = .6321
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Normal Distribution
Sometimes, failures due to wear-out can be modeled using
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Availability
Availability
The fraction of time a piece of equipment is
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Example Availability
John Q. Student uses a laptop at school. His laptop
MTBF
Availabili ty
MTBF MTR
30
30 1.5
.9524
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