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| ME 57100 - Reliability Based Design |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic concepts of probability and random variables. Time-dependent reliability models. Strength-based reliability and interference theory. Weakest-link and fail-safe systems. Extremal distributions. Monte Carlo methods. Maintainability and availability. Fault tree analysis. Quality control and reliability. Offered in alternate years.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Indiana College Network, Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: School of Mechanical Engr Department: Mechanical Engineering Course Attributes: Dept Credit, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Enable students to understand the importance of reliability during the design of engineered products. 2. Learn common probability distributions and fit probability distributions to experimentally obtained failure data. 3. Learn to describe and manipulate expectation and variance of continuous functions. 4. Understand principles of probabilistic design of engineered products. 5. Carryout reliability simulations of complex systems using Monte Carlo and first order reliability methods. 6. Understand important failure concerns in mechanical and electronic systems. Restrictions: May not be enrolled as the following Classifications: Sophomore: 45 - 59 hours Sophomore: 30 - 44 hours Freshman: 0 - 14 hours Freshman: 15 - 29 hours Prerequisites: GR-ME 35200 Course General Requirements: ( Student Attribute: GR May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: ME 35200 Minimum Grade of B May not be taken concurrently. ) |
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