Chapter 5
Reliability Modeling Techniques
Abstract
This chapter explains the techniques of quantified reliability prediction and is condensed from Reliability Maintainability and Risk, 8th edition, David J Smith, Butterworth Heinemann (ISBN 978-0-08-096902-2).
Keywords
Auto/proof test; BETAPLUS; HAZOP; HEART; Modeling; “V” model
This chapter explains the techniques of quantified reliability prediction and is condensed from Reliability Maintainability and Risk, 8th edition, David J Smith, Butterworth Heinemann (ISBN 978-0-08-096902-2).
5.1. Failure Rate and Unavailability
In Chapter 1, we saw that both failure rate (λ) and probability of failure on demand (PFD) are parameters of interest. Since unavailability is the probability of being failed at a randomly ...
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