M05 Introduction to System Reliability

Module 5 Introduction to System Reliability

Lesson M05-00

Text: Sections 4

Duration: 2 minutes

Introduction to the Introduction to System Reliability Module

In Module 5, we extend the estimation of component reliability to the reliability estimation of a system comprised of multiple components. The system reliability depends both on the component reliabilities as well as their configuration. Redundant components allow the system reliability to achieve levels that exceed the component reliabilities. We explore the basic series and parallel structures as well as k-out-of-n parallel systems. We also introduce more complex systems and various aspects of system reliability including reliability importance and reliability allocation.