UE Systems Reliability and Maintenance

The objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive foundation in system reliability theory and dependability analysis methods. The following topics are addressed.

• Probabilistic failure models and lifetime modelling of engineering components
• Qualitative approaches to system reliability analysis (FMECA, ...)
• Reliability modelling and analysis of systems and networks of independent components (Fault Tree Analysis, Reliability Block Diagrams, Event Tree Analysis, Structure Function, Minimal Cutsets, Importance Measures)
• Markov processes for systems and networks reliability modelling (systems with dependent components, passive redundancies, tested components, ...)
• Reliability of maintained systems and maintenance policies modelling