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Perkara Reliability Engineering EE502 Major 3 1/1 Lecture Mid Term Examination Assignment Final Examination

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The course has four assessment components as described above. Midterm exam: it will be conducted on week 9 of the semester. The midterm exam will have 4 questions of approximately 20 minutes duration each. Assignment component: 3-4 assignments will be given throughout the semester that will focus on learning outcomes related to knowledge & understanding, practical and intellectual skills. The assignments must be submitted 1-2 weeks after it is given out. Final Exam component: it will consist of 5 questions of 3 hours duration. 40% ruling: Supplementary exam: Lecturer Objective Applicable Applicable (on the final exam only)

Learning Outcomes

This unit aims to: 1. Introduce the concepts of probability theory and the concept of reliability 2. Understand failure analysis describing its causes and preventive measures. 3. Describe and understand the process of reliability evaluation for different configuration of engineering systems. 4. Understand the concept of Markov processes and its different types. 5. Identify different methods and techniques to reduce failures rates. Upon the completion of this module, the student will be able to: 1. Define the concept of reliability in terms of probability distribution models. 2. Describe the different types of failures modes and its measures. 3. Evaluate the reliability of different engineering systems and its various configurations. 4. Perform failure modelling using Markov processes. 5. Describe methods and techniques to reduce failures and its implications.

Syllabus & Contact hour

Unit 1 Elements of probability theory 1. Probability distributions - Random variables, density and distribution functions. Mathematical expectation. Binominal, Poisson, Normal, Exponential and Weibull distribution. 2. Definition of Reliability- Significance of the terms appearing in the definition, Component reliability, Hazard rate, derivation of the reliability function in terms of the hazard rate. Hazard models. Unit 2 Failure Analysis 3. Failures: Causes of failures, types of failures (early failures, chance failures and wear-out failures). Modes of failure. Bath tub curve. Effect of preventive maintenance. Measures of reliability: mean time to failure and mean time between failures. Unit 3 Reliability Evaluation 4.Reliability logic diagrams- Classification of engineering systems: series, parallel, series-parallel, parallel-series and non-series-parallel configurations. Expressions for the reliability of the basic configurations. 5. Reliability evaluation of Non-series-parallel configurations: minimal tie-set, minimal cut-set and decomposition methods. Deduction of the minimal cutsets from the minimal path-sets. Unit 4 Markov Chain & Processes 6. Discrete Markov Chains: General modelling concepts, stochastic transitional probability matrix, time dependent probability evaluation and limiting state probability evaluation. Absorbing states. 7. Continuous Markov Processes: Modelling concepts, State space diagrams, Stochastic Transitional Probability Matrix, Evaluating limiting state Probabilities. 8. Reliability evaluation of repairable systems. Unit 5 Failure Reduction Techniques 9. Series systems, parallel systems with two and more than two components, Network reduction techniques. Minimal cut-set/failure mode approach.

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Tutorial

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Total hour Textbook Reference Lab session (if any)

6 42 1. Roy Billinton and Ronald N Allan Reliability Evaluation of Engineering Systems Plenum Press Nil