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Course Description:
This course is an introduction to the concepts and methods of reliability engineering. Topics covered
include reliability and hazard rate functions, reliability testing with and without censoring, theoretical
and empirical failure and repair distributions, capacities and loads, redundancy, maintainability,
availability, design concepts, fault tree analysis, and analysis of failure and repair data. Both single
component and multi-component systems are analyzed.
Course Objectives:
At the completion of this course, each student should have an understanding of the basic models and
methods of reliability engineering and their application to complex systems. Specifically, each student
should be able to collect and analyze failure and repair data, derive the appropriate model, and apply the
model to analyze achievable reliability, maintainability and availability goals. In addition, this course
provides a foundation for future study in reliability engineering and allows the student access to the
technical literature in reliability.
Prerequisites:
An introductory course(s) in probability and statistics (e.g. ENM 500) is recommended
Class Meeting:
The Department of Engineering Management & Systems delivers the majority of its courses
simultaneously in a campus classroom and over the internet via Web conferencing. In addition, all such
classes are recorded and made available to students for future playback. The recording is a convenience
for those students that are unable to attend a live class because of work, illness, or other legitimate
reason. It is the policy of this Department that all students are expected to attend and participate in the
scheduled live class. If a student is unable to consistently attend the live class and must rely primarily on
the recordings, approval should be obtained from the instructor prior to registering for the course.
Examination Policy:
It is the policy of the EMS Department that local students take all course examinations on campus.
Exceptions for a particular exam may be approved by the instructor if sufficient justification is provided
and no alternative time for a makeup exam is possible.
Grading:
Quizzes (3 @ 20 % ea) 60 %
Computer Exercises 15 %
Final 25 %
Textbook: Ebeling, C. E., An Introduction to Reliability and Maintainability Engineering, 2nd ed.,
Waveland Press, Inc., 2010. ISBN 1-57766-625-9 (Chinese language text is based upon the 1st edition).
Avoid plagiarism and any other form of misrepresenting someone else's work as my own;
In doing this, I hold myself and my community to a higher standard of excellence, and set an example for my peers to
follow.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT & SYSTEMS
RELIABILITY ENGINEERING I (ENM 565/ISE 465)