Course Overview

This course introduces the classical reliability concepts and relates the concepts to the physics of failure approach. The information provided in this course will be useful for implementing a physics-of-failure methodology for the life cycle of a product. The participants will learn how to develop and migrate to physics-of-failure based reliability assessment programs. The course will also teach how to facilitate the introduction of the physics-of-failure methodology among the complete supply chain of the product.

Course Outline

1. Reliability Concepts including Class Exercise
  • Fundamental reliability concepts
  • Failure probability density function
  • Hazard rate
  • Conditional reliability
  • Mean and median time to failure
  • Failure definitions
  • Classification of failures and failure causes
2. Statistical Distributions in Reliability Assessment
  • Probability Distributions
  • Weibull
  • Exponential
  • Normal and Lognormal
  • Discrete distributions
  • Failure free operating period
3. System Reliability Analysis
  • Reliability block diagrams
  • Series and parallel systems
  • Complex systems
  • Redundant systems and limitations
4. Physics of Failure
5. Design for Reliability based on Physics of Failure
6. Defining product requirements
Product life cycle conditions
  • Supply-chain with proper reliability capability maturity
  • Part and material selection
  • Failure modes mechanisms and effects analysis (FMMEA)
  • Designing to the usage and process capability of the product
7. IEEE reliability prediction standard 1413
  • Mil-Hdbk 217, PRISM, Telcordia and other methods
  • Test based methods
  • Field data based methods
  • Physics of failure methods

Past Customers

  • ACEL - China
  • ASME - U.S.A
  • Aremsys Sansung - Maryland
  • Army Research Lab - New Jersey
  • Avansys - China
  • Battelle Labs - Ohio
  • City University of Hong Kong - China

 

  • FDA - Washington, DC
  • Emerson - Ohio
  • Hobbs Engineering - Colorado
  • Honeywell - India
  • Huawei - China
  • ICRESH Conference - India
  • IME/University of Singapore - Singapore

 

  • Indian Space Research Organization - India
  • Medtronic - Arizona
  • Microsoft - Washington
  • Nortel - Harlow, United Kingdom
  • Ortho Clinic Diagnostics
  • Rusneft - Moscow
  • Teradyne - California
*This course has also been presented as a public offering in College Park, MD and Beijing, China.

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Contact

Michael Pecht
301-405-5323 | education@calce.umd.edu 
Bldg. 89, Room 1103
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

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