Reliability Engineering B / RMS D
Overview of Reliability Engineering
What is reliability
Ability to perform the required
functions under a stated
condition for a defined time
period
Reliability Engineering B / RMS D
Basics in Reliability
What is reliability
Reliability is defined as the probability that an item will
perform a required function without failure under
stated conditions for a stated period of time."
A functional definition of failure is needed. For example, a
failure means different things to the user and to the repair
person.
The system's operating conditions must be specified (e.g.
car or home environment).
A period of time is needed.
Reliability Engineering B / RMS D
Basics in Reliability
What is reliability
Reliability can also be quantified in other ways
Mean time to failure (MTTF)
Mean time between failure (MTBF)
Failure rate
Rate of occurrence of failures (ROCOF) for
repairable items
Successful probability for one-time items
Others
• Structure reliability: strength of steel X, load Y,
R=P(X>Y)
• Availability: The probability of a repairable system
available, A=MTBF/(MTBF+MTTR)
• Number of faults in software system
Reliability Engineering B / RMS D
Basics in Reliability
What is reliability
Reliability is highly related to safety
Safety is freedom from accidents or losses
Safety is an abstract concept
Safety may be defined as
Safety hazard P hazard
hazard
where hazard is a measure of the effects that may
be caused by a particular hazard and Phazard is the
probability that the hazard will occur.
Reliability Engineering B / RMS D
Basics in Reliability
What is reliability
Reliability is a different concept from safety
Technique
based
Reliability Safety Management
based
Reliability Engineering B / RMS D
What is Reliability Engineering
Reliability Engineering is the applied
science of designing, measuring, and
managing the reliability of a system to
maximize customer satisfaction in its
total lifecycle.
Reliability Engineering B / RMS D
What is Reliability Engineering
Reliability Engineering will try to answer
three W questions:
When failures may happen
Where failures come from
Why failures occur
Reliability Engineering B / RMS D
Overview of Reliability Engineering
What is reliability; Probability and statistics; Failure
Basics in rate in lifecycle Common distribution in reliability
reliability
Reliability prediction; Reliability testing; Data
Components
analysis
reliability
Non-
System repairable Reliability block diagram, Structure
reliability function; Reliability computation;
Repairable
system FMEA; FTA; Reliability allocation;
Reliability assessment
Human
reliability Availability; Maintenance; Software reliability
Reliability management
Reliability Engineering B / RMS D
What is Reliability Engineering
The skills and knowledge required to achieve reliable products are:
statistical analysis,
product reliability modeling for selection of redundancy Vs
component reliability,
reliability predictions,
engineering based physics of failure,
failure modes/effects/criticality analysis (FMEA),
reliability test planning and testing -- product stress screening/
accelerated life/demonstration,
failure analysis,
maintainability analysis,
product safety analysis,
…………….
Reliability Engineering B / RMS D
What is Reliability Engineering
Reliability Engineering Methods
Part Reliability
System Reliability (Reliability Estimation)
(Reliability Prediction)
Statistical methods are used to determine part
Probability methods are used to reliability using part failure data (reliability
determine system reliability using data). A part is an item that is assumed to be
knowledge of system architecture indivisible for the purpose of determining its
and part reliability. reliability
Repairable System Reliability
Non-Repairable System Reliability
Use of reliability figures of merit
Use of reliability figures of merit that do not
that require some knowledge of
require knowledge of repair activity (if any)
system repair activity.
Reliability Engineering B / RMS D
What is Reliability Engineering
Body of Knowledge - Reliability Engineer
Certification
RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT (18 QUESTIONS)
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS FOR
RELIABILITY (27 QUESTIONS)
RELIABILITY IN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
(26 QUESTIONS)
Reliability Engineering B / RMS D
What is Reliability Engineering
Resources on Reliability Engineering
European Safety and Reliability Association
ESREL 2016, Annual Conference, UK
Glasgow 25th – 29th September 2016
International Society of Science and Applied Technologies
ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in
Design - August 4-6, 2016 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.A IEEE
Computer Society / IEEE Reliability Society
The 21st annual International Symposium on Software
Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2010) , October 23-27, 2016, Ottwa
The 29th International Conference on Computer Safety,
Reliability and Security. 20 - 23 September 2016. Trondheim.
Reliability Engineering B / RMS D
What is Reliability Engineering
Resources on Reliability Engineering
IEEE Reliability Society Conference Calendar
Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS)
International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED)
International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS)
International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP)
Secure System Integration and Reliability Improvements (SSIRI)
International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of
Integrated Circuits (IPFA)
International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
(ISSRE)
