ECE5509

Reliability engineering

(ENG)

W Mielczarski

6 points + 39 hours of lectures and practical work + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis: Basic probability theory and its applications in reliability engineering. Reliability network models. Evaluation of simple and complex systems. Reliability calculation of stand-by, repairable and non-repairable systems. Probability distributions and their use in reliability evaluation. Discrete and continuous Markov models. Frequency and duration techniques. Approximate techniques for evaluation of system reliability.

Assessment: Examinations (2 hours): 60% + Assignments: 30% + Laboratory work: 10%