Week 4: Component Reliability

Lecture

Component reliability introduction, based on material in workbook. Note that there were no slides; use the workbook material and the Collegerama recording to review. Collegerama recording (all recordings listed here).

Workshop

WS04 is about a component reliability problem.

The main goals for this week are:
1. Formulate and solve a component reliability problem with equations and code.
2. Define a limit state function for a component.
3. Use OpenTURNS Python package to solve a component reliability problem

Workbook and review of component reliability in the online textbook

The in-class exercises (Tuesday) was to formulate a limit-state function for a dam under hydrostatic loading, taking into account horizontal force and sliding friction.