Course Overview
Provides an introductory survey of reliability principles and their applications in industry. This course will strive to prepare students for the ASQC's Certified Reliability Engineer's (CRE) examination. Topics will include both the mathematical theory of reliability modeling and its application to the design, prediction and maintainability of products. The course will investigate the nature of reliability and its role in a system life cycle, factors including inherent reliability and field use degradation. Reliability trade-offs. Developing a reliability program. Planning reliability at the conceptual design stage; prediction and reliability models; failure mode, effect and critical analysis. Fault tree analysis. Types of reliability tests: environmental testing, accelerated life testing, burn-in tests. Failure reporting and corrective action. Maintainability concepts.
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