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Assignment-MN572-Reliability Engineering

This document contains 5 questions regarding reliability engineering concepts. Question 1 involves calculating the reliability and mean time to failure of a turbine blade given its maximum life. Question 2 involves calculating the reliability and mean time to failure of a power unit made of 3 components in series. Question 3 involves calculating subsystem reliability goals using the ARINC method given Weibull distributions. Question 4 involves deriving a reliability function from censored data using two methods. Question 5 involves determining the optimal number of redundant experiments to include in a space probe module given weight limits and experiment reliabilities.

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Assignment-MN572-Reliability Engineering

This document contains 5 questions regarding reliability engineering concepts. Question 1 involves calculating the reliability and mean time to failure of a turbine blade given its maximum life. Question 2 involves calculating the reliability and mean time to failure of a power unit made of 3 components in series. Question 3 involves calculating subsystem reliability goals using the ARINC method given Weibull distributions. Question 4 involves deriving a reliability function from censored data using two methods. Question 5 involves determining the optimal number of redundant experiments to include in a space probe module given weight limits and experiment reliabilities.

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Mining Engg. M. Tech. Part I and Ph D Course work End-Sem.

Assignment, Session 2020-21


Subject: MN572, Reliability Engineering

Time- One day Max. Marks-25

Q. 1 The reliability of a turbine blade can be represented by the following: (5)


𝑡𝑡 "
𝑅𝑅(𝑡𝑡) = &1 − ) 0 ≤ 𝑡𝑡 ≤ 𝑡𝑡!
𝑡𝑡!
where t0 is the maximum life of the blade.
a) Show that the blades are experiencing wear out.
b) Compute the MTTF as a function of the maximum life.
c) If the maximum life is 2000 operating hours, what is the design life for a reliability of
0.90?

Q. 2 Specifications for a power unit consisting of three independent and serially related components (5)
(failure modes) require a design life of 5 yrs. with a 0.95 reliability.
a) Let each component have a constant failure rate such that the first component's rate is
twice that of the second and the third component's rate is three times that of the second.
What should be the MTTF of each component and the system?
b) If two identical power units are placed in parallel, what is the system reliability at 5 yrs.,
and what is the system MTTF?

Q. 3 In the design of a space station, four major subsystems have been identified, each having a (5)
Weibull failure distribution with parameter values as given here:

Subsystem Scale parameter, q in yr Shape parameter, b


Computer 3.5 0.91
Avionics 4.0 0.80
Structures 5.0 1.80
Life support 6.0 1.00

The reliability of the station must be 0.995 at the end of the first year. On the basis of the current
average failure rate of each subsystem over the first year of the space station, apply the ARINC
method to determine an average failure rate goal for each subsystem. Assuming that reliability
growth will improve only the characteristic life and not the shape parameter, what is the
characteristic life goal for each subsystem?

Q. 4 Derive an empirical reliability function using the Product Limit Method and the Adjusted Rank (5)
Method based on the following multiply censored data: 5, 12, 15+,22,27, 35+,49,71 +,73, 81,
112+,117.
a) Assume that 12 units are at risk.
b) Assume that 15 units were originally placed on test and the test was terminated
at the time of the last failure.

Q. 5 A space probe to be launched by NASA will contain a module of three scientific experiments. (5)
Because of the high cost of the launch vehicle and the probe and the importance of the
experiments, there will be redundant experimental packages within the module. Environmental
stress testing has resulted in a (nonredundant) reliability estimate over the duration of the
mission of 0.85,0.90, and 0.95 for the respective experiments. There is a weight limitation of 350
pounds allocated to the module. How many redundant experiments of each type should be
included in the module if their respective weights are 40,30, and 50 pounds? Since a minimum of
one unit of each experiment is required, 120 pounds of the 350 pounds allocated are already
accounted for. The objective is to maximize the overall reliability of the module.

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