BATH TUB CURVE

SUBMITTED BY:
• Binny Talati FT-2K9-11
• Sneha Morab FT-2K9-53
 Contents
• 1.Introduction
• 2.Need of Bath Tub Curve
• 3. Reliability Engineering
• 4. Bath Tub curve
• 5. Explanation of stages of Bath tub curve
• 6. Bibliography
 Introduction
• The Bath-tub curve is the curve of failure
rate of the equipment or a machine with
respect to time.
• Is called so because it takes the shape of
a bath tub.
• It is a function of time.
• Also called hazard function.
 NEED OF BATHTUB CURVE
It is used in Reliability Engineering
 Reliability Engineering
• It is an engineering field, that deals with
the study of reliability

• The ability of a system or component to

perform its required functions under stated
conditions for a specified period of time.
WHY RELIABILITY IS NEEDED
• Product Life
• Minimum down time
• Endurance
• Stable performance
• On time start up
 BATHTUB CURVE
It represents a picture of the lifecycle of a
product which comprises of three stages.
These are:
1) Early Failure Period
2) Intrinsic Failure Period
3) Wear-out Failure Period
 INFANT MORTALITY STAGE
• The initial region begins at time zero
• Customer first begin to use the product is
characterized by a high but rapidly
decreasing failure rate.
• This region is also known as EARLY
FAILURE PERIOD
 CAUSES
• Defects produced while designing a product
• Substandard weak specimens
• Poor manufacturing
• Poor quality control

PREVENTIVE MEASURES
• Appropriate specifications
• Adequate design tolerance
• Stress testing(evaluate design weaknesses and uncover
specific materials problems)
• Debugging techniques
 STABLE LIFE PERIOD
• Either constant (age independent) or slowly
varying failure rate.
• Failure rate much lower than in early-life
period.
• Most systems spend most of their lifetime
operating in this flat portion of the bathtub
curve .
• It is also known as USEFUL LIFE PERIOD.
 CAUSES

• Unpredictable sudden stress accumulations

outside and inside of the components.
• Mishandling
• Accidents.

PREVENTIVE MEASURES
• Should be handled with care.
• Proper maintenance
WEAR-OUT FAILURE PERIOD
• Failure rate increases rapidly with age
• Properly qualified electronic hardware do
not exhibit wear out failure during its
intended service life.
• Applicable for mechanical and other
systems
• Failures are intrinsic
 CAUSES

• Product has reached the end of its useful

life.
• Stresses accumulated over the life of the
product.
• Due to critical parts wearing out
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
• http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue21/ho
ttopics21.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve
• http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/ap
r/section1/apr124.htm
• http://en.allexperts.com/q/Managing-
Business-1088/2008/4/operation-
management.htm
THANK YOU