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.
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Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
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 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.
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
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.
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme EID_P Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
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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.