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The document provides examples of calculating reliability metrics from failure and operating time data. It includes examples of calculating: - Failure rate and mean time to failure from component test data - Reliability at a given time using failure rate and time - Mean time between failures and availability from operating and failure time data - Instantaneous and steady state availability for systems with exponential failure and repair rates

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Numerical

The document provides examples of calculating reliability metrics from failure and operating time data. It includes examples of calculating: - Failure rate and mean time to failure from component test data - Reliability at a given time using failure rate and time - Mean time between failures and availability from operating and failure time data - Instantaneous and steady state availability for systems with exponential failure and repair rates

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Example
10 components were tested. The components (not repairable) failed as
follows:
Component 1,2,3,4,5 failed after 75,125, 130, 325, 525 hours. Find the failure
rate and mean time till failure..
Solution:
No. of failures = 5
Total operating time = 75 + 125 + 130 + 325 + 525 + 5*525 = 3805
Failure rate  = 5 / 3805 = 0.001314
Mean time till failure = 1/ 525
325
=1/0.001314
= 761.04 hours. 130
125 5 x 525
75

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Example:
50 components are tested for two weeks. 20 of them fail in this time,
with an average failure time of 1.2 weeks.

What is the mean time till failure assuming a constant failure rate?

Answer:

No. Of failures = 20

Total time = 20*1.2 + 30*2 = 84 weeks

Failure rate = 20/84 = 0.238/week

Mean time till failure is estimated to be = (1/failure rate)


= 1/0.238 = 4.2 weeks.

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Example

Trial data shows that 105 items failed during a test with a total operating time of 1
million hours. (For all items i.e. both failed and passed). Also, find the reliability of the
product after 1000 hours i.e. (t) =1000

105
The failure rate   1.05 x104 per hour
1000000
Reliability at 1000 hours  e  t
R(1000)  (1.05 x10=40.9
e x1000 )

Therefore the item has a 90% chance of surviving for 1000 hours

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Example
5

The chart below shows operating time and breakdown time of a machine.

20.2 2.5 6.1 7.1 24.4 4.2 35.3 1.8 46.7

Operating time Down time

a) Determine the MTBF.

Solution:
Total operating time = 20.2 + 6.1 + 24.4 + 4.2 + 35.3 + 46.7
= 136.9 hours

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Contd..
 = 4 / 136.9 = 0.02922

Therefore;
q = MTBF = 1/  = 34.22 hours

b) What is the system reliability for a mission time of 20 hours?


R = e-t t = 20 hours
R= e-(0.02922)(20)

R = 55.74%

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Example: A system has an MTBF of 2080 hours and a MTTR of 10 Hours. What is 7
the inherent availability of the system?
Solution:
AI = 2080
= 0.9952 or 99.52%
10 + 2080

Example : A system has a MTBMA of 168 hours and a MDT of 4 hours. What
is A o ?

168
Solution : Ao= = 0.977 or 97.7%
168 + 4

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Example: What is the probability of completing an action within 5 hours if
the MTTR = 7 hours?

Solution: M(t) = 1 – e - t/MTTR = 1 – e5/7


= 1 - .4895 = .5105
There is approximately a 51% probability of completion.

Mean-Time-To-Repair
The total corrective maintenance time divided by the total number of
corrective maintenance actions during a given period of time.

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Example : A system has a MTBMA of 110 hours, a Fc of ½, a F p of 1, and

M CT of 2 hours, and M PT of 1 hour. What is A A ?

Solution : (1/2) (2) + (1) (1)


First calculate MMT as : = 1.33
1 + 1/2

110
Then determine A A : A A = = 0.988 or 98.8%
110 + 1.33

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Example : Given exponential failure rates and repair rates of = 5, 
=3, determine the instantaneous availability at 0.2 hours:
Solution:
 
A =
+ + +  exp [ - (  +  ) t ]

3 5
 {( )  ( ) * e( 1.6) } = .501
8 8
Example : The instantaneous unavailability for the previous example is:
Solution :
m -  +
A =1 - { exp [ - (  +  ) t ] }
+

3 5
 1  {( )  ( )* e( 1.6) } = .499
8 8

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Example : Given exponential failure rates and repair times of  5,= 3,


if two identical units are in series, determine the steady state (A):
Solution :
i
A= 
i + i
= ( )( )
5+3
3
5+3
3
=
9
64
= 0.14063

Example : If the same two units in the prior example are in


parallel:
i 1 2
( )(
n
)
Solution:
A=1-  = 1-
i + i 1 + 1 2 + 2
i=1

=1- ( 8)( 8 ) = 1 -
5 5 25
64
= 0.6094

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Calculate overall reliability of system

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0.9
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