| Module code | MII 781 |
| Qualification | Postgraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology |
| Module content | Component reliability: Weibull analysis, Limitations of Weibull analysis – when not to use it. System reliability and availability: reliability/availability modelling, the availability block diagram (ABD), Cut sets, capacity constraints, m-out-of-n systems and storage capacity, Fault trees, Failure modes, Effects and criticality analysis (FMECA). Failure and repair rate data: Reliability engineering’s red herring: “We don’t have the data”, Some data banks that are in fact useful, Data synthesis: the method of paired comparisons, Paper on The use of NERC-GADS data in determining standards for system design, Case study in and exercise in data synthesis. |
| Module credits | 16.00 |
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| Prerequisites | MIR 781 Reliability engineering 781 |
| Contact time | 21 contact hours per semester |
| Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
| Department | Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering |
| Period of presentation | Semester 1 or Semester 2 |
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