System Reliability
UEHL-El Oued Faculty of Science and Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering M1: Industrial Maintenance
Series -2-
Exercise 1 :
1- Complete the following table:
Classes Cumulative Number of Failure rate λ per class
(intervals in 103 Km per class failures per (4) / (3
Km) in 103 Km class R(t) F(t)
10000 x
100000 11
0 – 10
99000 7
10 – 20
90000 5
20 – 30
90000 2
30 – 40
84000 2
40 – 50
80000 1
50 – 60
75000 2
60 – 70
70000 3
70 – 80
70000 2
80 – 90
70000 3
00 – 100
40000 8
100 – 110
10000 4
110 – 120
2- Plot the curves representing the failure rate as a function of kilometers,; R(t) et F(t)
Exercices 2 :
1- A device consists of 4 components connected in series, with reliabilities of 0.98, 0.97, 0.95, and
0.99, respectively 0,98 ; 0,97 ; 0,95 et 0,99
2- A device consists of 4 components connected in parallel,
with reliabilities of 0.98, 0.97, 0.95, and 0.99,
respectively 0,98 ; 0,97 ; 0,95et 0,99
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System Reliability
3- Three devices A, B, and C with identical reliabilities RA= RB= RC=0.75 are connected in
parallel
a) Determine the overall reliability of this system
b) How many parallel-connected devices would be required to achieve an overall
reliability of 0.999 (99.9%)?
c) If we want to have an overall reliability of 99% using only three devices in parallel,
what should be the individual reliability R of each device?
