Course detail

Operational Reliability of Vehicles and Machines

ÚSI-EDPSVAcad. year: 2023/2024

This course provides a comprehensive overview on fundamentals of dependability engineering in the area of mechanical and electrical engineering. Special attention is paid to vehicles and machines dependability. The course deals with both theoretical and practical applications of dependability engineering. The course mainly includes: non-repairable and repairable system dependability modelling, methods of reliability analysis, problems of vehicle maintainability and maintenance optimisation, dependability testing, evaluation of operational dependability and economic aspects of dependability assurance. Knowledge of these applications is further reinforced by practical problem solving.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

The student is expected to have basic knowledge from field of probability and statistics. The student is expected to have basic knowledge from fields of design in mechanical or electrical engineering.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Assessment methods and criteria follow the BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.
Course-unit credits terms: Knowledge of principles and interdependence of presented problems and practical ability to apply individual methods and procedures. Basic conditions are participation at seminars and individual elaboration of assigned project without major deficiencies.
Examination: Knowledge of theoretical basis of dependability and techniques for dependability assurance in the case of vehicles and machines is tested during the examination. Ability of practical usage of theoretical knowledge is tested at practical tasks. Examination consists of a written and oral part.

Attendance in seminars is obligatory, checked by a teacher. The way of compensation of absence is solved individually with a course supervisor.

Aims

The objective of the course is to give students basic information on modern approaches and methods of dependability assurance for complex technical systems and especially for vehicles and machines. The subject assignment is the explanation of dependability theory principles and presentation of basic techniques used to assure dependability throughout the life cycle of the system. Other objectives are to explain maintenance, to explain reliability testing, to explain the basic aspects related to reliability assurance in operation and to explain the economic aspects of reliability assurance.
The students will obtain complex overview of problems associated with providing the dependability in the case of complex technical systems, especially vehicles and machines. They acquire basic knowledge from dependability theory and learn to model dependability of items and systems and carry out basic dependability analyses of systems with usage of methods reliability block diagrams (RBD), failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) and fault tree analysis (FTA). They also learn to understand the problems related to maintenance, evaluate information obtained from service or dependability testing and carryout basic analyses of life cycle costs.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BIROLINI, Alessandro. Reliability Engineering: Theory and Practice. 8th ed. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2017. ISBN 978-3-662-54208-8.
BLISCHKE, W.R. a D.N.P. MURTHY. Reliability: Modeling, Prediction, and Optimization. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000. ISBN 9780471184508.
HOLUB, Rudolf a Zdeněk VINTR. Spolehlivost letadlové techniky [elektronická učebnice]. Brno: VUT v Brně, 2001.
KECECIOGLU, Dimitri. Reliability Engineering Handbook, Volume 1 and 2. Lancaster: DEStech Publications, 2002. ISBN 978-1-932078-00-8 (vol. 1), 978-1-932078-01-5 (vol. 2).
STODOLA, Jiří. Provozní spolehlivost a diagnostika. Brno: VA Brno, 2002. ISBN 80-85960-43-5.
VINTR, Zdeněk, David VALIŠ a Michal VINTR. Základy spolehlivosti technických systémů. Brno: Univerzita obrany v Brně, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7582-303-8.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EID_P Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

22 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Introduction to dependability, standardisation in dependability, dependability program.
2. Basic definitions and terms.
3. Basics of probability and statistical tools for dependability.
4. Dependability modelling of items.
5. Dependability modelling of non-repairable systems. Dependability modelling of repairable systems.
6. Methods of dependability analysis I (Introduction, RBD).
7. Methods of dependability analysis II (FMEA, FTA).
8. Maintainability and maintenance support performance.
9. Basics of dependability testing, shortened and accelerated dependability testing.
10. Monitoring and evaluating dependability in operation.
11. Economic aspects of dependability assurance.

Exercise

22 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer