Systems Reliability Assessment Flashcards
1
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Define Availability
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Probability that the component or system is operating at time t, given that it was operating at time 0
2
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Define Reliability
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Measure of successful performance. Probability a system works continuously for a stated period of time
3
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What are the three quantitative modelling tools
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Fault trees
Mark Off
Simulation
4
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Define Majority Vote
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Output occurs if at least m of the input events occur
5
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What is qualitative analysis
A
Finding failure combinations that cause the top event
6
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Define cut sets
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A list of failure events such that is they occur then so does the top event
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