Reliability and Maintenance

Code:

PRODEM066

Acronym:

FM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Mechanical Engineering

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Applied Mechanics Section
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PRODEM	0	Syllabus since 2009/10	1	-	6,5	60	175,5

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Repairable and non-repairable equipment: patterns of failure.
Modeling reliability. Limitations of predictive analytics reliability.
The databases.
Models for systems reliability. Analysis by block diagrams. The fault trees (FTA). Application of the Markov analysis of the reliability of systems. Monte-Carlo simulation.
The reliability in the design of systems and equipment. FME (C) A and its practical application. The HAZOP methodology.
Definitions of maintenance and engineering maintenance.
A maintainability, maintenance and availability: its relation to reliability.
The reliability in asset management and quality control.
The concept of Life Cycle of an industrial equipment.

Learning outcomes and competences

Gain knowledge in the areas of Reliability and Maintenance of industrial equipment.

Ability to analyze the reliability of components and equipment in different stages of their life cycle and adjust your maintenance tasks to their required availability.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Knowledge of statistics and probabilities calculations.

Program

As the UC is a tutorial one, it does not have a set program.

The work done by students depends on their goals in their research work and previous knowledge they have to face UC objectives.

Mandatory literature

by U. Dinesh Kumar... [et al.]; Reliability, maintenance and logistic support. ISBN: 0-412-84240-8
Marvin Rausand, Arnljot Hoyland; System reliability theory. ISBN: 0-471-47133-X
B. S. Dhillon; Engineering maintenance. ISBN: 1-58716-142-7
Henri Procaccia, Eric Ferton, Marc Procaccia; Fiabilité et maintenance des matériels industriels réparables et non réparables. ISBN: 978-2-7430-1362-2

Complementary Bibliography

Lindley R. Higgins, Dale P. Brautigam, R. Keith Mobley; Maintenance engineering handbook. ISBN: 0-07-028811-9
John Moubray; Reliability-centred maintenance. ISBN: 0-7506-3358-1
Renaud Cuignet; Management de la maintenance. ISBN: 2-10-006674-9
B. S. Dhillon; Reliability, quality, and safety for engineers. ISBN: 0-8493-3068-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

Meetings with the supervisor and analysis of literature applicable.

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering > Industrial engineering

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	25,00
Trabalho escrito	75,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Trabalho de investigação	100,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

 

Calculation formula of final grade

Comprehensive evaluation of student performance by evaluating the report and the oral exam.

Examinations or Special Assignments

None

Internship work/project

None

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

None.

Classification improvement

 

Review the report and oral exam.