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ME-703 (D) RGPV B.Tech

Reliability Engineering (RE)

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Syllabus, notes and important questions for ME-703 (D)

Syllabus units

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Unit 1 Reliability 12 topics
  • Definition
  • Importance
  • History
  • Reliability vs. Quality
  • Failure pattern of complex product
  • Factor of safety and reliability
  • Reliability analysis procedure
  • Reliability management
  • Examples of system failures
  • Reliability function – MTTF
  • Hazard rate function
  • Bathtub curve
Unit 1 notes
Unit 2 Basic probability theory 6 topics
  • Set theory
  • Laws of probability
  • Probability theorem
  • Random variables and probability distributions
  • Bay’s Theorem
  • Central limit theorem
Unit 2 notes
Unit 3 Functions of random variables 11 topics
  • Single, two and several random variables
  • Probability distribution functions
  • Density functions for discrete and continuous variables
  • Mean, mode and median
  • Numerical solutions
  • Extremal distributions
  • Derivation of the reliability function – constant failure rate model
  • Time‑dependent failure models
  • Weibull distribution
  • Normal distribution
  • Lognormal distribution
Unit 3 notes
Unit 4 Modeling of geometry, strength and loads 9 topics
  • Fatigue strength
  • Time‑dependent reliability of components
  • Failure rate versus time
  • Reliability and hazard functions for different distributions
  • Estimation of failure rate
  • Expected residual life
  • Series, parallel and mixed systems
  • Complex systems
  • Reliability enhancement
Unit 4 notes
Unit 5 Reliability based design 12 topics
  • Optimization problems
  • Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
  • Event tree and fault tree analysis
  • Reliability testing
  • Reliability data and analysis
  • Measurement of reliability
  • Monte Carlo simulation
  • Computation of reliability
  • Optimization techniques for system reliability with redundancy
  • Heuristic methods for optimal system reliability
  • Redundancy allocation by dynamic programming
  • Reliability optimization by nonlinear programming
Unit 5 notes
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