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Reliability - Chapter 2

The document provides an overview of reliability, defining it as the probability that a component or system will perform its required function over time under specified conditions. It discusses the reliability function, hazard function, and various statistical measures related to reliability, including the Bathtub Curve and conditional reliability. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding these concepts for effective reliability and maintenance management.

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Reliability - Chapter 2

The document provides an overview of reliability, defining it as the probability that a component or system will perform its required function over time under specified conditions. It discusses the reliability function, hazard function, and various statistical measures related to reliability, including the Bathtub Curve and conditional reliability. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding these concepts for effective reliability and maintenance management.

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Reliability and
Maintenance
Management Failure
Distributions
and Reliability
Measures

Dr. Hazem Smadi

Reliability…. overview
• Reliability is the probability that a component or system will perform
a required function for a given period of time when used under stated
operating conditions.

• Notes:
- Reliability is a “time” oriented quality characteristic.
- Reliability is concerned with the life of a system from
success/failure point of view.
- Reliability is a probability which is a function of time.
- The random variable used to measure reliability is the “time”-to-
failure random variable, T.

• How to measure reliability?

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Reliability Function
• Reliability is the probability that a system will function over some
time period t.
• Let T = “time”-to-failure random variable, reliability at time t is the
probability that T is greater than or equal to t:
R(t) = P(T ≥ t), t ≥ 0
• Properties: 0  R(t)  1; R(0) = 1; 𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝑹 𝒕 = 𝟎,
𝒕→∞

monotonically non-increasing
• Two interpretations:
R(t) is the probability that an individual item is functioning at time t.
R(t) is the expected fraction of the population that is functioning at
time t for a large population of items.
• Other names:
Survival Function -- Biostatistics
Complementary CDF

CDF and PDF

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R(t), F(t), and f(t)

Hazard Function

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Hazard Function

Hazard Function

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Plots of R(t), F(t), f(t), h(t) for Normal Distribution

Relationships Among R(t), F(t), f(t), and h(t)

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Relationships Among R(t), F(t), f(t), and h(t)

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Bathtub Curve

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Bathtub Curve

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Bathtub Curve

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Summary Statistics of Reliability

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Expected Life

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Median Life and Bα Life

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Mode and Variance

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Conditional Reliability

𝑅 (𝑇0 + 𝑡)
𝑅 𝑡 𝑇0 = 𝑃 𝑇 > 𝑇0 + 𝑡 𝑇 > 𝑇0 } =
𝑅 (𝑇0 )

End of Chapter 2

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