System reliability clarifications
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1. Find the system reliability from the figure below.
2. Consider a system of 6 pumps of which at least 4 must function properly for system success. Each pump has an 85% reliability for the mission duration. Determine reliability of the system.
3. Suppose each engine has CFR = 0.0038074. Assuming 3-out-of 4 structure, find the followings:
a) The reliability of the system at a given time t
b) The system MTTF
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Looking at system reliability by means of worked examples of component reliabilities in series and in parallel
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Find the system reliability from the figure below.
First work out the reliability of components connected in series which have a combined
reliability defined by the product of the individual component reliabilities
Thus we define
R_12=R_1.R_2=0.9×0.8=0.72
R_345=R_3.R_4.R_5=0.8×0.8×0.9=0.576
Next combine the reliabilities of any parallel combinations. Observe in the above we
have one parallel combination that is R_12 and R_345 in parallel
And thus total reliability of this parallel combination is
R_12345=1-(1-R_12 )(1-R_345 )=1-(1-0.72)(1-0.576)=0.88128
Then we obtain a simplified reliability diagram
Then R_12345 in series with R_6 can be replaced by a single reliability R_123456determined
as the product of reliabilities
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