Week 6: System Reliability

Lecture

Closure of component reliability, where we discussed the standard normal space a bit further and importance factors. Insight provided into the fact that the definition of the importance factors is different, depending on the software you use. This is partially covered in the Workbook on the FORM and FORM/MCS comparison pages (theoretical derivations can also be found in the textbooks). Otherwise, view the Collegerama recording (all recordings listed here).

Workshop

WS06 will cover Fault Trees as an approach for solving system reliability problems. Files can be found in the Workbook here, and a brief introduction to Fault Trees is provided here; there is no Git repository for this workshop.

The main goals for this week are:
1. Refresh the system reliability methods covered in MUDE.
2. Use Fault Trees to conceptualize and solve a system reliability problem.

Review the parallel and series system reliability approaches in the Risk and Reliability Book. Additional material on Fault Trees is provided in the system reliability section of the Workbook.

The bridge and city exercise in the online textbook is good review material.