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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR
fy ___._Mid-Spring Semester Examination 2022-23
Date of Examination: Seaslom: (FN/AN) Duration: 2 hrs ull Marks: 0
Subject No.2 RE2O00L
Subject: Introduction (o Rellablity Ei
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Departinent/Center/School: Sublr Chowdhury Sehoo! of Quality and Reltability
Speelfie charts, graph paper, tog book ete. required: None
Speclal Instructions (if any):
a. Answer all questions,
b.-Marks nre indicated at the end of ench question,
& Keep your enleulations up to four declmal places only,
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QNo. Marks
Ql 5)
(®) Why there is a need to integrate reliability engineering inthe product development? 6)
(0) Define and explain reliability? ©)
(©) Ma refrigerator is designed and manuftctured forthe climatic conditions of Switzerland, ©
‘will work satisfactorily in Calcutta? I'yes, why and if no why not? Elaborate your
explanation?
(2) Hundred percent reliability is impossible. Do you agree with this statement? If yes why @
and ifno why not?
(©) Explain bathtub curve phases, causes and remedial measures? ”
@ Hundred bulb are subjected to a reliability test. The bulbs are observed, and failures in (10)
1000-h intervals are recorded. Plot f(t), h(€), F(¢), and R(¢) estimated from data,
‘Comment on the hazard rate function.
‘Time Interval (hours) Failures in the interval
100 30 ce
‘1001-2000 Tore 20 aaCNS
2001-3000 i 10 z
3001-4000 8
| 4001-5000 ts :
5001-6000 5 4 Zs
' 6001-7000 3
Total 100. =
Q A.company manufactures solar panel. The time to failure in years of these panels has the (10)
following PDF: i
10 = Gy forezo ie
(a) Derive the reliability function and determine the reliability for the first year of operation? (2)
(b) Compute the MTTF? @)
(c) What is the design life for a reliability of 0.957 2
(@)_Isthe failure rate DFR, CER, of IFR?
(©) Will one-year burn-in period improve the reliability? If so, what is the new reliability? @oe
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A ‘system with 2 = 0.0009 has been operating for 1000 hr. What is the probability that it @)
Will fail in next 100 hr? The next 1000 hr?
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A turbine blade has demonstrated a Weibull filure pattern with a decreasing failure rate 0)
characterized by a shape parameter of 0.6 and a scale parameter of 800 hr ‘
(a) Compute its reliability for 100-hr mission,
(b) there is a 200-hr burn-in of the blades, what is the reliability for a 100-hr mission? @8)NR314 - (27)
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR
End-Spring Semester Examination 2022-23
Date of Examination: 28.08.2023 Session: (FN/AN): AN Duration: 3hrs, Full Marks: 60
‘Subject No: RE20001
‘Subject: Introduction to Reliability Engineering
DepartmeatCenter’School: Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability
‘Specific charts, graph paper, log book ete., required : None
Special Instructions (if any):
a. Answer all questions
b Marks are indi
Assume any missing data suitably,
& Required statistical table is provided along with the question paper.
e,_No queries will be entertained during the examination,
ated at the end of each question.
QNo. Marks
L A household appliance is advertised as having more than a 10-yr life, Ifthe following (5)
is its PDF, determine its reliability for the next 10 years if it has survived a L-yr
warranty period: :
F(@) = 0.101 +0.05¢)-> t20
Whats its MTTF before the warranty period, and what is its MTTF after the warranty
period assuming it hes still survived.
Two identical and constant failure rate computers are placed in a redundant (5)
configuration. If the system reliability is to be 0.98 at 3000 operating hours, determine
the corresponding MTTF for each computer.
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‘The probability density function of failure time of a component is shown below in (5)
Figure. Determine corresponding feilure rate and reliability functions.
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f(t)
f (h#h2
4. “The time to repair a failed system has the following probability density function: @
h(t) = 0.053338 1