1.

Approximate the exponential hazard model ()

, , by the first three terms

of its power series and find the failure density and the reliability function.
Solution:
The first three terms of the power series of the model ()

are:
() [

]

The reliability function is defined as:
()
(

In this case:
()
[

()
[

]


The failure density is defined as:
() ()()
In this case:
() [

]
[

]


2. Two arrangements for four identical components are shown next. Let be the probability
of success for each component. Derive the expressions and compare the reliabilities of the
two arrangements by plotting their value against for . Which arrangement is
better?


Solution:
Let the reliability for each component be R.
For the first arrangement we have:

( ( )

)( ( )

) ( ( )

( )

( )

For the second arrangement we have:

We show that

for . Considering we get

( )

( )

3. A hospital operating room has an emergency generator on standby in the event of a
power failure. If a power failure occur at an average rate of once every 5000 h and the
active failure rate for the Emergency generator is 2000 failures/million hours, what is the
reliability for the operating rooms power system for a 1000-h mission?. Assume perfect
sensing and switching and a negligible stand by failure rate for the emergency generator.
How much added protection can be achieved by adding a second emergency generator to
the operating room?


4. Estimate the reliability for a 1000 h mission for the system shown next. The active failure
rates for A, B and C are 100 failures /million-h, 500 failures/million-h and 1000
failures/million-h, respectively. Ignore stand by failure rates and assume perfect sensing
and switching. Estimate the system MTTF.

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