School of Engineering & I.T.

CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY

PRT542 Risk and reliability Management
Tutorial 3: System Reliability
Tutorial 3.1
Derive the general expression for the system reliability for the following system. If each component has a
reliability of 0.9, determine the overall reliability of the system. (Ans: 0.9890109)

4
2
1

5
3
6
7

Tutorial 3.2 Repeat Tutorial 3.1 given that for the parallel combination of components 4, 5 and 6, at least
two components must function in order for the combination to function. What would happen if all three
components are required to function for the combination to function? (Ans: 0.9866052)
Tutorial 3.3 Repeat Tutorial 3.2 with the additional information that for the parallel combination of 2 and
3, both components must function for the combination to function. (Ans: 0.9708588; 0.9531441)

PRT542 Tut 3

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