Course Outline

ENGI 9116
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Winter 2022

ENGINEERING 9116: Advanced Reliability Engineering (Distance)

Instructor Dr. Mohammed Taleb-Berrouane

E-mail m.talebberrouane@mun.ca
Phone 864-8939
Office Location IIC-3018
Office Hours By appointment
TAs TBA

Communication: The D2L system will be the medium of communication between the instructor
and students. Important updates on the course will be posted on the D2L page. It is the
responsibility of the students to regularly check for course related information on the course page.

CALENDAR ENTRY:
9116 Reliability Engineering is an introduction to reliability engineering; physics of failure and
failure mechanism, reliability measures and assessment; reliability of components and parts;
complex system reliability and availability analysis; data analysis, reliability testing, risk-based
inspection and maintenance and field reliability assessment. The course includes case studies
and a project.

ACCREDITATION UNITS:
Contact hours/week on average over 12 weeks (Lecture/Lab/Tutorial): 3 hours/week

CONTENT CATEGORIES: (expressed as %, no category can be 0 < c < 15)

Math Natural science Complementary Studies Engineering Science Engineering Design

30% 0% 0% 50% 20%

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will provide the students with the tools and techniques that can be used early in the
design phase to effectively influence a design from the perspective of system reliability,
maintainability, and availability. An overview of the system functional analysis and system
architecture development heuristics will be provided. Further, the students will learn to exploit
the use of the state-of-the-art techniques such as failure mode effect analysis, fault tree analysis
and event tree analysis for reliability analysis. Students completing this course will have a good
understanding of the actions and goals of a reliability program and will become familiar with
current techniques and their use. Examples will cover a range of different applications with the
objective of helping the student to appreciate the challenges in the varied components of
complex products and engineering systems.
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SCHEDULE: Distance course (Online)
RESOURCES:
Textbook:
1. Modarres, M., Kaminskiy, M. P., & Krivtsov, V. (2016). Reliability engineering and risk
analysis: a practical guide. CRC press.
2. Ebeling, C. (2010). Introduction to Reliability and Maintainability Engineering, McGraw
Hill publication, Boston, ISBN: 0-07-018852-1

MAJOR TOPICS:

Topics Teaching Source (Textbook)

Schedule
Introduction to Reliability Engineering
Week 1 Chapter 1
• Concepts, Terms, and Definitions
Failure models
• Failure distribution
Weeks 2 - 4 Chapters 2 - 4
• Constant failure rate model
• Time dependent failure model
Reliability of Systems
• Simple systems
• State dependent system
Weeks 5 - 8 Chapters 5 - 8
• Physical reliability models
• Design for Reliability

Maintainability of Systems
• Maintainability
❖ Additional topics
• Design for maintainability Weeks 9 and
Chapters 9 and 10
• Failure data analysis 10
• Data collection and empirical reliability
model

Availability of Systems
• Availability
❖ Additional topics
• Identification of failure and repair Weeks 11 and
Chapter 11
distribution 12
• Reliability testing
• Risk Based Inspection and Maintenance
• Economic analysis based on availability

ASSESSMENTS:
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• Assignments (four assignments) 20%

• Extra assignment 5%
• Two online quizzes 20%
• Term Project (group)* 20% (Tentatively, April 2, 2020)
• Final Exam (Take Home Exam) 35%

* The expectation in term project for graduate course is different compared to undergraduate
both in technical rigor as well as in content.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

LEARNING OUTCOMES GRADUATE Methods of

ATTRIBUTES- Assessment
LEVEL OF
COMPETENCE

1 Recall the terms and definitions used in KB.3-D Assignments,

reliability engineering. Midterm, Final
2 Describe failure models used in reliability KB.1A, PA.2-A Assignments,
engineering. Midterm, Final
3 Apply the studied failure model to different KB.3-A, PA.3-A, Assignments,
applications. Tools.1-A, Team.2-A, Midterm, Project, Final
4 Describe the different approaches used in Impacts.1-A PA.2-A,
KB.1-A, Assignments, Midterm,
reliability modeling. Tools-D Project, Final
5 Explain the concept of maintainability. KB-A, PA-A, Tools-D Assignments,
Midterm, Final
6 Explain the concept of availability. KB-A, PA-A Assignments,
Midterm, Final
7
Examine the application of the reliability, KB-A, PA-A Assignments,
maintainability and availability concepts to Midterm, Project, Final
engineering
8 Practice systems.
system design considering reliability and Inv.-D, Des-A, Team- Project
availability concepts. A, Tool-D, Impact -A
9 Work in a team to do reliability assessments of Inv.-D, Des-A, Team- Project
engineering design problems. A, Tool-D, Impact -A
10 Write professional quality reports. Comm.-A Project

See www.mun.ca/engineering/undergrad/graduateattributes.pdf for more information on

the 12 Graduate Attributes you are expected to be proficient in upon graduation.

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Each Graduate Attribute for each learning outcome is rated at a level of proficiency I, D and A (I =
introductory, D = intermediate Development, A = Advanced Application).

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT:

Students are expected to conduct themselves in all aspects of the course at the highest level of
academic integrity. Any student found to commit academic misconduct will be dealt with according
to the Faculty and University practices. More information is available at
www.engr.mun.ca/undergrad/academicintegrity.

Students are encouraged to consult the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Student Code of
Conduct athttp://www.engr.mun.ca/policies/codeofconduct.php and Memorial University’s Code of
Student Conduct at http://www.mun.ca/student/home/conduct.php.

INCLUSION AND EQUITY:

Students who require physical or academic accommodations are encouraged to speak privately to
the instructor so that appropriate arrangements can be made to ensure your full participation in the
course. All conversations will remain confidential.

The university experience is enriched by the diversity of viewpoints, values, and backgrounds that
each class participant possesses. In order for this course to encourage as much insightful and
comprehensive discussion among class participants as possible, there is an expectation that dialogue
will be collegial and respectful across disciplinary, cultural, and personal boundaries.

STUDENT ASSISTANCE: Student Affairs and Services offer help and support in a variety of areas,
both academic and personal. More information can be found at www.mun.ca/student.

Minimum Computer Configurations for Remote Learning

It is recommended that each student have access to a desktop computer or laptop with at least the
following specifications:

• Modern PC or Mac
• 4 GB RAM
• A recent (and actively supported) operating system: Windows 8, 10, macOS 10.13+
• Disk space of 100 GB or higher with Free hard drive space to adequately run software and
work on course files
• Graphic Cards 1 GB VRAM or Higher
• Speakers or headset for listening to audio/video or participating in synchronous sessions

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Ethical Guideline for Remote Evaluation

• This course has un-proctored exam [takehome exam] it bestows additional responsibilities on
the students. In addition to the policies and guidelines outlined in the “Academic Integrity
and Professional Conduct”, by enrolling in this course you will adhere to the following rules to
maintain the integrity of the remote evaluation.
• You will only access materials (web and non-web based) as specified in each exam
instruction.
• You will not receive any unauthorized aid on this examination from any person. This includes
but not limited to peers in your cohort or any other cohort, expert in the area paid or unpaid.
• You will not publish the question in any website, or any private or public discussion forum.
• You will not solicit solution from any paid or unpaid web based tutoring, discussion forum
and similar sources.
• You will not provide the solution to any of your peers in the cohort or publish the answer in
any public or private forum.
• You will not participate in, any behavior that may be disruptive, unprofessional, or that could
reasonably be perceived as academic misconduct.
• If you witness or have knowledge of any unauthorized aid/activity on this examination, you
will have the moral obligation to report this in confidence to the instructor.