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(MANE 4015 )
Instructor: Dr. Sayyed Ali Hosseini
Winter 2015
Lecture #3
Lecture #3
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Why?
Thinks about this and try to prove it.
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Example #1
What is the MTTF if the failure density function of a component
is given by:
0.25
= 0.25
8
where is in years.
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Example #1 Solution
It can be determined from
Failure distribution function:
=1
that (0 8) years.
=
0.25
0.25
8
= 1 0.25 + 0.25
= 0.25 0.25
16
16
As a result:
=
=
=
=
1 0.25 + 0.25
!
0.25
0.25
8
16
=
0.25
0.25
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+ 0.25
0.25
8
8
= 2.667 %&'()
48 0
"
0.25 " 8
0.25 +
= 2.667 %&'()
2
8 3 0
6
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Example #2
What is the median time to failure for a components if the
failure density function is given by:
where is in years.
0.25
= 0.25
8
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Example #2 Solution
Similar to example #1, (0 8) years and also:
Failure distribution function:
set
= 0.25 0.25
16
) = 0.5
Knowing that
Solving for
As above mentioned:
= 0.25 0.25
16
0.5 = 0.25
0.25
16
13.657 %&'()
=2.343 %&'()
0 8
= 2.343 %&'()
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Since
Since
=
=&
0
45( )
/,
= ln
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/,
ln ( / ) ln ( )
=
/
10
Example #3
what is the average failure rate between years 2 and 6 if the
reliability distribution function of a components is given by:
1
1
=1
+
4
64
where is in years.
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Example #3 Solution
/,
2,6 =
ln ( / ) ln ( )
/
ln (2) ln (6)
1
1
1
=
ln 1 2 +
2
62
62
4
64
ln 1
1
1
6 +
6
4
64
'9:)
2,6 = 0.5493
%&'(
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1- Exponential Distribution
Consider a part operating at time = 0 and characterized by a
constant failure rate (hazard rate) 0
= 0. Assume time and
subdivide the interval (0, ) into + subintervals of equal length .
In each subinterval, the part either survives with constant survival
probability equal to 1 0 or it fails with probability equal to
0 .
This distribution is called exponential distribution and it is the
only distribution that has a constant hazard rate. Therefore; it is
broadly used to describe useful life of a part (flat portion of the
bathtub hazard function).
The exponential distribution for reliability applications is
formulated as follows:
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0& 4<=
= & 4<
= 1 1 & 4<
= & 4<
0& 4<
=
= 4< = 0
( )
&
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>'(
1
=
0
1
=
0
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Example #4
What is the MTTF for a component if the failure density function
of a component is exponential?
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Example #4 Solution
=
&
4<
& 4<
=
= 1/0
0 0
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