Reliability Engineering

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1. Reliability program elements
2. Reliability mathematics
3. Basic concepts
4. Probability theorems
5. Static reliability models
6. Probability density functions
7. Reliability function, failure rate, hazard function
8. Probability distributions used in reliability analysis
9. Normal probability distribution
10. Life testing (exponential)
11. Expected mean life, failure rate
12. Confidence limits
13. Life testing (Weibull)
14. Estimation of parameters, data analysis
15. Suspended item analysis
16. Binomial and geometric distributions
17. Confidence limits
18. Success testing (no failures)
19. Conversion to exponential distribution
20. Demonstration testing
21. Sequential testing
22. System reliability estimation
23. Reliability in design
24. Reliability allocation
25. Reliability prediction
26. MIL-HDBK-217
27. FMECA and fault tree
28. Reliability design review
29. Probabilistic design
30. Shared load models
31. Reliability growth
32. Dynamic reliability models
33. Course wrap-up

Course Content/Main Topics	% Of Time Spent on Topic
Reliability mathematics and concepts	20%
Probability distributions	40%
Reliability testing	10%
Reliability allocation/prediction/FMGA	20%
Other	10%

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