Assignment : Engineering System Reliability MCT 3341, Semester-1, Section-1&2, 2013/14 Full Marks: 100 To be submitted by: 21st
Nov, 2013
Q1: Reliability Calculation: (3+5)
a. A system has an MTTF of 0.5 year. Calculate the reliability of the system for a period of 1 year. b. In a certain system there are 100 valves of the same type. A valve that breaks down has to be replaced by a spare and repaired. The repair period is two weeks. If the failure of this valve is 0.5/year, how many spares should be held to give 90% chance of spare valves available? Q2: A fly wheel is retained on a shaft by 5bolts, which are tightened to a specific torque of 50 5Nm. A sample of 20 assemblies was checked for bolt torque. The results from 100bolts had a mean of 47.2Nm and a standard deviation of 1.38Nm. (5+5) If the torques is normally distributed, estimate the proportion below 45Nm. For any given assembly, what is the probability there being a. At least one bolt below 45Nm b. All five bolts being below 45Nm Q3: The probability of a system with constant hazard rate will fail to survive a mission of 100h is 0.4. What are the probabilities that: (5+5) a. It survives for 500h? b. It fails within 1000h? Q4. What do you understand by MARKOV MODEL? Explain with at least one example (Question and Answer should be clear). (10) Q5: Explain the following terms in respect to how they affect reliability: i. FTA ii. ETA iii. Common mode failure (4+4+4)
Q6: Reliability in Design and Maintenance: Explain that, the use of design approach for incorporating system reliability, and maintenance strategy. (15) Q7: Explain with an example for the bellow key words: a. b. c. d. e. Mean Deviation Standard Deviation Normal Distribution Uniform distribution Gaussian distribution (5+5+5) (4+4+4+4+4)
Q8: Give at least one example solution for each of FTA, ETA, FMEA.
Note: It can be hand written or typed. To be done by a MAX OF 5 STUDENTS PER GROUP.