MER301: Engineering
Reliability
L Berkley Davis, Jr
GE Energy
http://engineering.union.edu/mer301
L Berkley Davis
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MER301- Engineering Reliability
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A basic engineering science course concerned with the
application of probabilistic methods to engineering
design and analysis. The course material includes
probability, basic engineering statistics, reliability,
statistical inference and hypothesis testing, regression
analysis, and measurement system analysis.
Classroom lectures are supplemented with team
exercises where the various methods are applied.
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MER301- Course Objectives and Outcomes
 Satisfactory Completion of this course should
demonstrate that students have the ability to:
 Understand and apply basic probability theory
 Understand and apply fundamental statistical methods,
including the use of normal, binomial, exponential, poisson,
lognormal and weibull distributions to solve engineering
problems
 Understand and apply the principles of statistical inference
and hypothesis testing to engineering problems
 Understand simple and multiple linear regression analysis
and be able to apply these techniques to engineering
problems
 Understand and be able to apply Design of Experiments
methodology
 Understand and be able to apply Measurement System
Analysis
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Course Outline
 Text- Engineering Statistics(5th ED) by
Montgomery, Runger, Hubele
 Material from Chapters 1-7
 Probability
 Reliability
 Measurement System Analysis
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Course Administration
 Three Open Book(not notes) Exams
 Exam Dates are Apr 20, May 16, and ~June 6
 Ten Homework Assignments
 Due Friday at 4pm( 5pm Tuesday before Exam 1)
 No Credit for Late Homework without permission
 Solutions must be Understandable….
 Final Grade based on 100 points for homework,
100 points for Team Exercises and 300 points
for exams
 Office Hours 5-6pm, Thursdays ME CR (BTR203)
 E-mail address : berkley.davis@ge.com
 http://engineering.union.edu/mer301
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MER301: Engineering Reliability
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21-Mar-11
WEEK
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3/28/2011
3/30/2011
4/1/2011
2
4/4/2011
4/6/2011
4/8/2011
3
4/11/2011
4/13/2011
4/15/2011
4
4/18/2011
4/20/2011
4/19/2011
5
4/25/2011
4/27/2011
4/29/2011
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5/2/2011
5/4/2011
5/6/2011
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5/9/2011
5/11/2011
5/13/2011
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5/16/2011
5/18/2011
5/20/2011
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5/23/2011
5/25/2011
5/27/2011
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5/30/2011
6/1/2011
6/2/2011
MER301 ENGINEERING RELIABILITY
TOPIC
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Homework Problems
(Chapter 2 Monday 4pm)
SPRING 2011
CHAPTER/SECTIONS
Introduction to Probability
Chapters 1 and 2(all)
Lecture 1 Probability Problems(Friday 4pm)
2.6,2.10, 2.28,2.32,2.33,2.56,2.63b,c
SUBJECTS
Introduction to Probability
Statistics for Engineers, Data Presentation
4/1/2011 CTQ Team Exercise (Monday 4/4 4pm)
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Homework Problems
(due Friday, 4pm)
Chapter 3/3.1-3.5.1
Chapter 3/3.5,3.7
3.1-3.9,3.21,3.26,3.40,3.44,3.48
3.50,3.57,3.60,3.64,3.82,3.95
Continuous Random Variables,Normal Distribution
Lognormal/Gamma/Weibull Distributions,Discrete Random Variables
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Homework Problems
(due Friday, 4pm)
Chapter 3/3.6,3.8-3.9.1,3.10
Chapter 3/3.9.2,3.11
3.106,3.112,3.120,3.126,3.138
3.140,3.148,3.160,3.164,3.170
Probability Plots,Counting Rules,Binomial and Poisson Distributions
Exponential Distribution, Independence,Joint Distributions,Reliability
Chapter 3/3.12-3.13
Functions of Random Variables,Central Limit Theorem
Lecture 7
1st Exam
Homework Problems
(due Tuesday, 5pm)
3.174,3.178,3.180,3.188,3.192,3.195
3.198,3.202,3.203,3.204
4/18/2011 Hand out Reliability Team Exercise
4/20/2011 Hand Out Combustor Team Exercise Part 1
Lecture 8
Lecture 9
Homework Problems
(due Friday, 4pm)
Chapter 4/4.1-4.3
Chapter 4/4.4-4.6
4.6,4.12,4.19,4.26-5,4.26
Statistical Inference/Hypothesis Testing
Inference on Population Mean/Variances
4/29/2011 Reliability Team Exercise Due
Lecture 10
Lecture 11
Homework Problems
(due Friday, 4pm)
Chapter 4/4.1-4.6
Chapter 5/5.1-5.5
4.40,4.42,4.44,4.58,4.70
5.3, 5.20,5.24,5.50,5.54
Inference on Population Mean/Variances(con't)
Inference on Means/Variances of Two Populations, t-Test
5/5/2011 Combustor Team Exercise Part 1 Due/Get Part 2
Lecture 12
Lecture 13
Homework Problems
Chapter 6/6.1-6.4
Chapter 6/6.1-6.4(con't)
2nd Exam
Lecture 14
Homework Problems
(due Friday, 4pm)
Chapter 7/7.1-7.4
6.4a-h; 6.6,6.18 a-h,6.24a
Lecture 15/16
Lecture 16
Homework Problems
(due Friday, 4pm)
DFSS/Measurement System Analysis(Part 1)
Measurement System Analysis(Part 1con't)
7.2a,b,c,d,e , 7.4a,b,c,d,e
Catapult Design of Experiment
Lecture 17
Lecture 17 con't
Homework Problems
(due Thursday, 5pm)
Measurement System Analysis(Part 2)
Measurement System Analysis(Part 2 con't)
Measurement System Problems
Linear Regression Models
Multiple Linear Regression Models
Design of Engineering Experiments/Factorial Experiments
5/17/2011 Combustor Team Exercise Part 2/Due/Get Part 3
5/16/2011 Hand Out Helicopter Design of Experiment
DFSS/Measurement System Analysis(Part 1)
Measurement System Analysis/Uncertainty Analysis
5/27/2011 Helicopter Design of Experiment
Measurement System Analysis/Uncertainty Analysis
Uncertainty Analysis/Measurement System team Problem
6/1/2011 Combustor Team Exercise Part 3 Due
6/1/2011 Measurement System Team Problem
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~6/6/2011
3rd Exam
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EACH STUDENT'S
FINAL
Copyright
2009GRADE IS BASED ON 100 POINTS FOR THE CUMULATIVE HOMEWORK GRADE, 100 POINTS FOR THE TEAM EXERCISES
AND 100 POINTS FOR EACH EXAM (TOTAL 500 POINTS)
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Team Exercises
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Teams will work together for
all five class exercises. These
will be due as shown in the
class outline.
The team exercises are
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CTQ Exercise(5pts)
Reliability Exercise(20pts)
Combustor Exercise(50pts)
Catapult experiment(20pts)
Measurement System(5pts)
Each team will turn in one
report for each exercise and
will make classroom
presentations for the
combustor and catapult
exercises
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MER301: Engineering Reliability
Arnow, Eli B
Barstow, Samuel W
Boling, Jeremy S
Bouchard, Charles A
Brockmann, Paul J
Brown, Rachel R
Bucklin, Kyle G
Ehrlich, Jeffery E
Ezratty, Jacob B
Fehlmann, Julie E
Feider-Sullivan, Seamus H
Hanaburgh, Robert L
Harris, William-Barton R
Hernandez, Oscar E
Hurdman, Christopher L
Indig, Alexander B
Mansour, Laura M
Marks, Shelby M
Rathgeb, Joshua C
Shao, Jason
Smith, Elizabeth K
Swanton, Thomas W
Wahl, Matthew R
Zinman, Adam R
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