IND4345

Systems reliability

(ENG)

4 points + 24 lecture hours + 12 laboratory/project hours + First semester, Caulfield

Synopsis: The economics of reliability; statistics of failure; fault tree analysis, failure mode and effect analysis, reliability mathematics as the basis of design function. The physics of failure approach; failure mechanisms, environmental engineering and life testing. Contractual reliability; planning, organising and controlling a program through its definition, design and development, production and operational stages. Testing for reliability; prediction, apportionment and statistical inference with constant and variable time schedules. Maintenance, monitoring and maintainability; data retrieval, data banks and further reliability improvement via the use of engineering statistics.

Assessment: Examination (3 hours): 70% + Mid-semester test and assignments: 30%