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Reliability and Maintainability

Code 15432
Year 2
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 6
Workload T(30H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area Engenharia e Gestão Industrial
Entry requirements Without
Learning outcomes 1) To obtain knowledge in what concerns the following itens: Equipment performance, failure and fault, failure modes, failure roots, reliability and their steps, maintenability, failure ratios, and repair ratios.
2) To develop studies and skills related to the Reliability Centred Maintenance, as well as to the statistical and probabilistic distributions, and reliability evaluation.
3) To study all aspects concerning reliability and maintenability international standardization, for practical applications.
4) Stimulate a critical and problem-solving spirit related to industrial maintenance.
Syllabus 1) Maintenance types and models. Corrective maintenance, preventive maintenance, predictive maintence, and ameliorative maintenance. Total Productive Maintenance, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Risk Based Maintenance, Streamlined Reliability Centered Maintenance, Simplified Reliability Centered Maintenance, Operator Driven Maintenance, and Proactive Maintenance.
2) Maintenance Statistics: Binomial, Hipergeometric, Poisson, Normal or Gauss, lognormal, Exponential, Bivariable, Gama, Qui-square, Fisher, Student and Weibull laws.
3) Reliability. Concepts, failure types, inherent and external reliability, failure mode and effect analysis, lyfe cycle, RAMS, reliability calculus, lyfe cycle function, reliability of systems, case studies. RCM
4) Maintenability. Concepts, mean times, availability, standardization, inspections, and case studies.
Main Bibliography 1) Carlos Cabrita, Carlos Silva. Organização e Gestão da Manutenção Industrial. Edição dos autores, UBI, 2002.
2) Carlos Cabrita. TPM. Manutenção Produtiva Total. Teoria, Métodos, Indicadores de Desempenho. Edição do autor, UBI, 2003.
3) Carlos Cabrita, Carlos Fernandes. Manutenção Centrada na Fiabilidade em Accionamentos Eléctricos com Motores de Indução Trifásicos. Teoria, Métodos, Exemplos Práticos. Edição dos autores, UBI, 2005.
4) Carlos Cabrita. Manutenção Industrial. Novas Filosofias e Práticas. Edição do autor, UBI, 2006.
5) Carlos Cabrita. RCM. Manutenção Centrada na Fiabilidade. Teoria, Métodos, Indicadores de Desempenho, Exercícios Práticos. Edição do autor, UBI, 2007.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria 1) Continuous assessment: writing a report, with a minimum final grade of 10.5 and a written test with a minimum final grade of 8. Minimum final grade for approval of 10 points.
2) Assessment by exam: written exam test equivalent to the test carried out during the academic period and obligation to produce a written report, during the academic period (teaching and learning), with a minimum final grade of 10.5. Minimum final grade for approval of 10 points.
3) NF final calculation formulas:
Continuous assessment: NF(final grade)=[NR(report grade >=10.5) x 0.60+NT(test grade >=8) x 0.40]
Assessment by exam: NF(final grade)=[NE(exam grade) x 0.40 +NR(report grade >=10.5) x0.60]
NOTE: report and test have 60% and 40% weighting respectively.
Condition of approval NF >= 9.5
ATTENDANCE CONDITION (condition to be able to take the exam):
Complete a report with a minimum grade of 10.5 and take a written test with a minimum grade of 8 and 60% attendance.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2024-01-17

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