Basic reliability engineering
M E Khan
3 points * 16 lectures, 9 tutorials/laboratory hours * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: MAT2920 (Engineering mathematics IV)
Basic probability theory and applications in engineering, reliability models and evaluation of simple and complex systems, probability distributions in reliability evaluation, system reliability evaluation using probability distributions, discrete and continuous Markov chains, frequency and duration techniques, approximate system reliability evaluation, system with non-exponential distributions.
Assessment
Examinations (2 hours): 70% * Practical work: 15% * Assignment: 15%
Prescribed text
Billinton R and Allan R N Reliability evaluation of engineering systems: Concepts and techniques Plenum, 1983
Recommended text
Patric D T O'C Practical reliability engineering 3rd edn, Wiley, 1991