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Reliability Calculations Tutorial

This document discusses three reliability problems and their solutions: 1) It calculates the reliability function, failure function, and design life for a system with an exponential probability density function of 0.002 hours. 2) For a four-component series system with identical exponential distributions, it calculates the mean time to failure of each component as 7812.5 hours given a system reliability of 0.95 at 100 hours. 3) For a space vehicle requiring three of four engines, it determines the reliability of achieving orbit is 0.9477 given each engine has a reliability of 0.9.

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Reliability Calculations Tutorial

This document discusses three reliability problems and their solutions: 1) It calculates the reliability function, failure function, and design life for a system with an exponential probability density function of 0.002 hours. 2) For a four-component series system with identical exponential distributions, it calculates the mean time to failure of each component as 7812.5 hours given a system reliability of 0.95 at 100 hours. 3) For a space vehicle requiring three of four engines, it determines the reliability of achieving orbit is 0.9477 given each engine has a reliability of 0.9.

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Reliability of Technical Systems

Tutorial #3
Solution


1. Consider the probability density function.


=

otherwise
t e
t f
t
0
0
002 . 0
) (
002 . 0
for t is in hours

Calculate reliability function, failure function , and design life if the reliability of
0.95 is desired.

Solution:

1) Reliability Function R(t)= ()

(f(t) is the probability density function)


therefore, R(t)= 0.002
0.002

=0.002*
1
0.002

0.002

=
0.002


2) Failure function F(t)= ()

0
=1-
0.002


3) R(t)=0.95
0.002
=0.95

t=25.6 (hours)


2. Consider a system with four-component in series which the components are
independent and identically distributed with CFR. If the reliability of the system
during 100 hours is 0.95. What is the MTTF of each individual component ?

Solution:
For a system with four-component in series, assume all the components are
independent and identical..



Rs (100) = 0.95

Rs =

4
=1
=
1
.....
4
(

reliability of the mth component)



Therefore, Rs=
4

)

Since t=100 (hrs) and Rs (100) = 0.95

Solve the equation above and c=1.2810
4
(1/hour), which means that the every
hour there is about 1.2810
4
failures occurring in the component


For CFR distribution, MTTFc=1/c=1/1.2810
4
= 7812.5 hours

MTTFs= MTTFc/4=1953.125 hours



3. A space vehicle requires three out four of its main engines to operate in order to
achieve orbit. If each engine has a reliability of 0.9, determine the reliability of
achieving orbit.

Solution:
Total Engines = 4
Required for service = 3, 4 out of 3 should work


x n x
n
k x
R R
x
n

=

|
|
.
|

\
|

) 1 ( x = 3,4

=
x x
x
R R
x

=

|
|
.
|

\
|

4
4
3
) 1 (
4


R = 4 * (0.9)
3
(0.1) + 0.9
4
= 0.9477
.

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