Fundamentals of Reliability Engineering: failure intensity functions; system reliability; exploratory data analysis; the Weibull function; design for reliability; HAZOP; FMECA. Maintenance Management; preventive, predictive, proactive and corrective methods and their place in maintenance strategy; maintenance performance indices; workforce estimation and organisational structure; spare parts administration; maintenance contracts and contract administration; reliability centred maintenance; total productive maintenance. Preventive component replacement and capital equipment replacement decisions. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Peter Knights ([email protected])