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This document contains 3 questions regarding reliability analysis of systems with multiple components: 1) Analyzes a 2-out-of-3 system with constant failure rate λ, finding the failure probability density function, mode, median, MTTF, and mean residual life as a function of time. 2) Examines the reliability apportionment of a 3-component system with Weibull failure distributions, where the components are arranged in series and parallel. 3) Analyzes a more complex 12-component system arranged hierarchically into subsystems, writing the structure function and calculating Birnbaum's importance measures for selected components.

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Jesse Lesperance Smre Homework 2 Reliability Apportionment Component Importance

This document contains 3 questions regarding reliability analysis of systems with multiple components: 1) Analyzes a 2-out-of-3 system with constant failure rate λ, finding the failure probability density function, mode, median, MTTF, and mean residual life as a function of time. 2) Examines the reliability apportionment of a 3-component system with Weibull failure distributions, where the components are arranged in series and parallel. 3) Analyzes a more complex 12-component system arranged hierarchically into subsystems, writing the structure function and calculating Birnbaum's importance measures for selected components.

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Jesse Lesperance

SMRE
Homework 2
Reliability Apportionment; Component Importance
Question 1
Consider a 2-out-of-3 system of independent and identical components with
constant failure rate lambda.
a) Find the failure probability density function for the time to failure T of the
system.
b) Find the mode, the median and the MTTF for the time to failure T.
c) Plot the probability density function and indicate where the mode,
median and MTTF are located.
d) Find the MRL for the 2-out-of-3 system at age t. Plot the function g(t) =
MRL(t)=MTTF.
Find the limit of g(t) as t approaches infinity and give a physical interpretation of
this limit.
As the failure rate is constant we will assume a lambda of 1 for the purposes of this analysis.
> restart;
> lambda:=1;

> R[s]:=3*exp(-(2*lambda*t))-2*exp(-(3*lambda*t));

> f[s]:=-diff(R[s],t);

> plot((f[s]),t=0..5);

Mode
Median
MTTF

> maximize(f[s]);

> MTTF:=evalf(%);

> solve((f[s]=.8888888),t);

> solve((R[s]=.5),t);
> MTTF:=int(R[s],t=0..infinity);

> MRL:=(int(R[s],t=T..infinity))/(subs(t=T,R[s]));

> evalf(%);

> g:=MRL/MTTF;

>
> plot((g),T=0..infinity);

> plot((g),T=0..10);

As can be seen from the previous plot the limit as T approaches


infinity is .60.

Question 2
Examine the apportionment of reliability in a system consisting of three
components, 1,2,3 with Weibull failure probability distribution functions given as
follows:
F1 = 1exp(t0.5)
F2 = 1exp(t)
F3 = 1exp(t5)
a.- Investigate for 0 < t < 2 the case when the components are connected
in series.
b.- Investigate for 0 < t < 10 the case when the components are connected
in parallel.
> restart;
> F[1]:= 1-exp(-t^.5); F[2]:= 1-exp(-t); F[3]:= 1-exp(-t^5);

> R[1]:=1-F[1]; R[2]:=1-F[2]; R[3]:=1-F[3];

> Rss:=product(R[n],n=1..3);

> Rsp:=1-product((1-R[n]),n=1..3);

> plot({Rss}, t=0..2);

> plot({Rsp}, t=0..10);

Question 3
A system consists of 12 components arranged as subsystems as follows:
Component Subsystem I: Components 2 and 3 in parallel,
Component Subsystem II: Components 6 and 7 in parallel,
Subsystem III: Components 1, I, 4, 5, II, and 8 in series
Subsystem IV: Components 9, 10, 11 in parallel
Subsystem V: Subsystems III and IV in parallel
Whole System: Subsystem V and Component 12 in series.
a.- Write down the structure function for the system.
b.- Determine the system reliability when the individual component
reliabilities are given as:
R1 = 0.97
R2 = R3 = 0.96
R4 = R11 = 0.94
R5 = 0.92
R6 = 0.95
R7 = 0.959
R8 = 0.98
R9 = 0.91
R10 = 0.93
R12 = 0.99
c.- Determine the values of Birnbaum's importance measure for
components 8, 6, 10 and 11.

a.

R9
R10
R11
R12
R6

R2
R1

R4

R8

R5

R3
b.
> restart;
> Rsp[1]:=1-product(1-R[n],n=2..3);

> Rsp[2]:=1-product(1-R[n],n=6..7);

R7

> Rss[1]:=(R[1]*Rsp[1]*R[4]*R[5]*Rsp[2]*R[8]);

> Rsp[3]:=1-product(1-R[n],n=9..11);

> Rsp[4]:=1-((1-Rss[1])*(1-Rsp[3]));

> Rss[2]:=R[12]*Rsp[4];

> BI6:=diff(Rss[2],R6);
> BI8:=diff(Rss[2],R8);
> BI10:=diff(Rss[2],R10);
> BI11:=diff(Rss[2],R11);
> R[1]:=.97; R[2]:=.96; R[3]:=R[2]; R[4]:=.94; R[11]:=R[4];
R[5]:=.92; R[6]:=.95; R[7]:=.959; R[8]:=.98; R[9]:=.91;
R[10]:=.93; R[12]:=.99;

> Rss[2];

BI 8=0.0003127719260
BI 6= 0.00001259299162
BI 10= 0.0009671930358
BI 11= 0.001128391875

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