System Engineering2
TeachersNAKAMIYA. Masaki
Grade, SemesterYear 3 2nd semest [Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering]
CategorySpecial Subjects
Elective, CreditsElective 2credit
 Syllabus Number2C305

Course Description

In this lecture, the students will understand the reliability and safety of systems and learn the process of failure analysis, the method of analyzing and predicting reliability based on statistics, and analytical methods such as FMEA and FTA for design phase.

Course Objectives

The objectives of the lecture are to understand the basic idea of reliability engineering and to acquire the overview of technical methods for reliability evaluation.
(1) To understand the significance of reliability in mechanical design
(2) To understand the concept of reliability evaluation
(3) To understand statistical analysis method using reliability data
(4) To understand and utilize design methods to be implemented at design time

Grading Policy

Groupwork: 20%, Quizzes: 80%

Textbook and Reference

KindTitleAuthorPublisher
TextbookThere is no specific textbook. The necessary materials will be distributed for each lecture.
ReferencesIntroduction to Reliability Engineering, New edition,
ISBN978-4542503489
H. MakabeJapanese Standards Association
ReferencesIntroduction Reliability,
ISBN978-4817192936
K. TanakaJUSE Press
ReferencesReliability Engineering, 2nd edition,
ISBN978-4627665729
Y. FukuiMorikita Publishing

Requirements(Assignments)

Note

Schedule

1Systems engineering and Reliability engineering
2Reliability
3Maintainability
4Dependability
5Probability and Statistics
6Probability distribution function and Reliability Function
7Lifetime distribution and Failure rate
8Exponential distribution
9Weibull distribution
10Failure analysis
11Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
12Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
13Reliability testing
14Reliability design
15Reliability engineering in aerospace industry