Course: Reliability and Diagnostics

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Course title Reliability and Diagnostics
Course code KMMCS/RLDPS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Menčík Jaroslav, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Failure of structures and systems. Inherent and operational reliability. Load and limit states of structures. Deterministic and probabilistic methods for reliability assessment in design stage (LRF design according to codes, load-resistance interference method). Determination of failure probability and time to failure. Reliability of complex systems. Simulation methods for reliability assessment (Monte Carlo). Failure modes and effects analysis. Experimental determination of reliability characteristics. Operational reliability. Failure rate. Mean time between failures and repair. Approaches to maintenance. Diagnostics, its aim and relation to reliability. Principal diagnostic characteristics, their limit values. Structure of diagnostic systems. Diagnostics of mechanical structures. Evaluation of actual state, prediction of time to failure.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Explanation of basic terms and methods for the evaluation and ensuring reliability of technical components and objects and of various processes in production and traffic. Managing of solution of problems with uncertainties.

Prerequisites
The student must have previous knowledge of university mathematics.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Students will be required to work out approx. 5 - 6 home assignments during the semester and pass the final examination.
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