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Reliability Analysis of Structures / October 2, 2021

System Reliability

• In this lesson, we discuss an application of probability to predict an overall system’s reliability. • Reliability of a product is defined as the probability that the product will not fail throughout a prescribed operating period. • Most products are made up of a number of components • The reliability of each component and […]

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• In this lesson, we discuss an application of probability to predict an overall system’s reliability.

• Reliability of a product is defined as the probability that the product will not fail throughout a prescribed operating period.

• Most products are made up of a number of components

• The reliability of each component and the configuration of the system consisting of these components determines the system reliability (i.e., the reliability of the product).