BlockSim 7 Case Studies

When thinking of a reliability block diagram (RBD), the application that most often comes to mind is the analysis of a system based on the component reliabilities. You can also use the same methodology to analyze a single component and its associated failure modes.

In analyzing this scenario, both independent (i.e. if one mode occurs, the rest are not more likely to occur) and dependent modes (i.e. if one mode occurs, the rest are more likely to occur) can be included. To illustrate this, a component with multiple primary modes as well as multiple secondary modes (sub-modes) will be considered. In addition, both independence and dependence will be utilized.

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*This example was published in the Reliability HotWire.