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Introduction to Reliability
Asset Management
System Reliability
Equate Terms
Failure
Pareto Principle
Introduction to Reliability
Reliability:
The probability that an item can
perform its intended function for a
specific interval under stated
conditions.
Introduction to Reliability
History:
1930’s electrical circuits
1940’s electronic vacuum tubes
1950’s computers, Nuclear Reactors,
Aircrafts.
1960’s guided missiles
1970’s consumer goods
1980’s oil patch
1990’s petrochemical, continues process and
leading edge companies.
Asset Management
R(t) = e-λt
System A
System Reliability
Series System – reliability is the product of the
component reliabilities
System A
Rs = R1 * R2 * R3 = (.95)(.90)(.80) = 68.4%
System Reliability
Parallel System offers a higher level of system
reliability but at a penalty of cost (capital and
maintenance)
System B
System Reliability
Parallel System – reliability is the sum of the
component reliabilities minus the product of the
reliabilities. Rs = R1 + R2 – (R1)(R2)
System B
0.80
0.80
System Reliability
Rsn(t) = (e-λt)Σ(λt)i/i!
i=0
System B
1
n
Equate Terms
0
Failure Distributions
Constant
Never
Normal Distribution (Bell curve)
Log-Normal Distribution
Weibull Distribution
Normal Distribution
f(t)
t
Log-Normal Distribution
f(t)
t
Weibull Distribution
Failure Rate
Time
Pareto Principle