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System Reliability Calculations Guide

The document discusses reliability of components in series and parallel configurations. It defines reliability as the probability a component performs its required task. For components in series, the overall reliability is the product of individual reliabilities. For parallel components, the overall reliability is 1 minus the product of 1 minus each reliability. It provides examples of calculating reliability for systems with components in different arrangements.

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System Reliability Calculations Guide

The document discusses reliability of components in series and parallel configurations. It defines reliability as the probability a component performs its required task. For components in series, the overall reliability is the product of individual reliabilities. For parallel components, the overall reliability is 1 minus the product of 1 minus each reliability. It provides examples of calculating reliability for systems with components in different arrangements.

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Reliability

Ansar Shahzadi
School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
National University of Science and Technology(NUST)
Reliability
The Reliability of a component, which can be
denoted by r, can in general be thought of as the
probability that it performs a certain task. The
complement of this probability is therefore the
probability that the components fails to perform the
required task, or the probability that the
components fails.
Components in series
A set of components are considered in series if the system works only if each one of the components works.
if two components A and B are attached in a series, then the reliability is
r = P A ∩ 𝐵 = 𝑃 𝐴 .𝑃 𝐵

A B
Components in series
If a system consists of n components with independent reliabilities 𝑟 = 𝑟1 , 𝑟2 , 𝑟3 , … , 𝑟𝑛 placed in series, then the over all system reliability is
𝑟 = 𝑟1 × 𝑟2 × 𝑟3 × ⋯ × 𝑟𝑛
Components in parallel
A set of components is considered to be in parallel if the system works
whenever at lease one of the components works. In other words, the
system fails only when all the components have failed. if two
components A and B are attached in parallel, then the reliability is
r=P A∪𝐵 =1−{ 1−𝑃 𝐴 . 1−𝑃 𝐵 }

B
Components in parallel
If a system consists of n components with independent reliabilities 𝑟 =
𝑟1 , 𝑟2 , 𝑟3 , … , 𝑟𝑛 placed in parallel, then the over all system reliability is
𝑟 = 1 − (1 − 𝑟1 ) × (1 − 𝑟2 ) × (1 − 𝑟3 ) × ⋯ × (1 − 𝑟𝑛 )
Question 1
Calculate the reliability of the system shown in diagram
Below.

r3=0.96 r4=0.90

r1=0.95 r2=0.97 r5=0.94 r9=0.93

r7=0.96

r6=0.93

r8=0.90
Question 2
Suppose an electrical system given in the figure below. The probability of each
component is shown in figure.
What is the probability that
The entire system works?
The component B does not work given that the entire system works?

P(B)=
0.9

P(A)= P(D)=
0.7 0.6

P(C)=
0.8
Question 3
Three components with reliabilities r1=0.92, r2=0.95, and r3=0.975 are
placed in a series. A fourth component with reliability r4=0.96 can be
placed in parallel with one of these three components.
How should the forth component be placed in order to maximize the
overall system reliability?
Does your answer to part (i) change if the value of r4 changes?

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