Course: Reliability of Electrical Equipments

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Course title Reliability of Electrical Equipments
Course code KET/S
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Prosr Pavel, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Fundamental terms of the theory of reliability, failure differentiation 2. Failure model, reliability characteristics and his calculation 3. Continuous reliability distribution of failure 4. Discrete reliability failures distribution; Estimation of parameters distribution of failure 5. Reliability of non-renewable systems - serious and parallel systems 6. Reliability of non-renewable systems - method of decomposition, paths and sections 7. Redundancy; Probability of renewable systems - renewal theory 8. Markov model - theory; Markov chain 9. Markov process 10. Event tree analysis - theory, construction 11. Fault tree analysis - theory, construction 12. Fault tree analysis, Event tree analysis - qualitative and quantitative analysis 13. Basic concepts of statistical data processing, methods of analysis

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 42 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 10 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 36 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 16 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to clarify the basic concepts of probability theory (random experiment, random phenomenon, probability of phenomenon, etc.) to describe the basic computational procedures of mathematical calculus
Skills
to apply basic computational methods of mathematical calculus
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to explain the basic concepts of quality and theory of reliability
to describe in its own terms the basics of the reneal theory
to describe ways to increase system reliability and apply reliability calculations for individual backup methods
to orientate in the use of mathematical statistics and data analysis in reliability
Skills
to apply the basic calculuses of probability theory and apply them to the field of reliability
to apply computational methods for selected continuous and discrete statistical distribution of random variables
to apply methods to determine the reliability of simple and complex systems
to distinguish degradation mechanisms and to explain the use of Arhenius law for constructing of lifetime curves
to apply computational methods for evaluating renewed systems using Markov models
to distinguish Failure Tree Analysis (FTA) and Event Tree Analysis (ETA) and calculate them
to use of tools to evaluate process control and process eligibility
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Skills
Lecture with visual aids
Seminar classes
Competences
Lecture with visual aids
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Test
Skills
Combined exam
Test
Competences
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • Bednařík, Josef. Technika spolehlivosti v elektronické praxi. 1. vyd. Praha : Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1990. ISBN 80-03-00422-5.
  • Birolini, Alessandro. Reliability engineering : theory and practice. 7th ed. Heidelberg : Springer, 2014. ISBN 978-3-642-39534-5.
  • Pham, Hoang. Handbook of reliability engineering. London : Springer, 2003. ISBN 1-85233-453-3.


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