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Reliability Modelling for Business Decisions . Aa. Ao. Uptime. MTBF. Random Numbers. Ai. MTTR. Simulation. Maintainability. Availability. Monte Carlo. Introduction. Definitions Modelling overview Modelling construction Event graph Results Business Decisions - Questions answered.
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Reliability Modelling for Business Decisions Aa Ao Uptime MTBF Random Numbers Ai MTTR Simulation Maintainability Availability Monte Carlo
Introduction Definitions Modelling overview Modelling construction Event graph Results Business Decisions - Questions answered
Reliability • The ability of a system or component to perform its requiredfunctions under statedconditions for a specified period of time1. 1. Blanchard, Benjamin S. (1992), Logistics Engineering and Management (Fourth Ed.), Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Maintainability • The measure of the ability of an item to be retained in or restored to specified condition when maintenance is performed during the course of a specified mission profile (The mission-related system maintainability parameter.)1 1. MIL-STD-721
Availability • A measure of the degree of a system which is in the operable and committable state at the start of mission when the mission is called for at an unknown random point in time1. 1. MIL-STD-721
Availability • Inherent availability, Ai • Achieved availability, Aa • Operational availability, Ao 1. MIL-STD-721
Modelling and Simulation Maintenance Configuration Availability Cost
Availability Simulation How is a model built? It is built to represent the reliability and maintainability relationships between the items using RBDs Data sources are from engineering drawings and workshops with appropriate people What data is needed?
Availability Simulation M1 M2 M3
Availability Simulation 45 64 78 8 59 56 48 76 68 3 8 5 53 4 34 9 89 51 7 45
Availability Simulation • Availability M1 – 92% • Availability M2 – 88% • Availability M3 – 83% • Repair man Utilisation 33% • Plant Availability 88%
Questions • How many spares used? • Which machine caused the most downtime? • Are two repairmen required? • What about levels of repair? • Pro active versus reactive? • How is logistic support allowed for?
Questions • Where and when is modelling used? • During design to meet requirements and gain financial sign off • During operating phase to determine maintenance and other support tactics • During end of life to determine disposal time and strategy