Sheridan Course Outlines

QUAL79012
Reliability

I: Administrative Information II: Course Details III: Topical Outline(s) Printable Version

Section I: Administrative Information

Total hours: N/A
Credit Value: 3.0
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Fall 2012
Prerequisites: (QUAL79001) AND (QUAL79002) AND (QUAL79005)
Corequisites: N/A
Equivalents: N/A
Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: N/A

Program(s): Quality Assurance & Management
Program Coordinator(s): Mozammel Khan
Course Leader or Contact: Konstantyn Kostowskyj
Version: 1.0
Status: Approved (APPR)

Section I Notes: This course is offered entirely on line, all instruction, activities and assignments and assessments are completed on-line. Students will need reliable access to the internet and should have a basic level of comfort using computers, as well as the self-discipline to work on- line (both independently and in teams) to meet assignment deadlines

Section II: Course Details

Detailed Description
Students learn that Reliability is a branch of quality assurance dealing specifically with the functionality of a product upon demand. Reliability addresses the customer-focus aspect of quality assurance such as; the customer experience, product satisfaction, and continued value from the product, each time it is used. Students also cover aspects of design, manufacturing, maintenance, and use, which affect the likelihood of product failure. Studies include; history of reliability; failure rate; failure reporting; FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis); Mean life; reliability distributions, binomial, Poisson, exponential, normal and Weibull; component reliability; system reliability; reliability management; safety and human factors. This course is offered entirely online. Students investigate topics in this course, by means of online assignments, completion of an online project and an online final test.

Program Context

Quality Assurance & Management

Program Coordinator: Mozammel Khan

This is one of the elective courses in the Quality Assurance and Management Sheridan Certificate program offered through the Faculty of Continuing and Professional Studies. The content also contains part of ASQ's CQE and CRE examination requirements

Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes

 Critical Performance
By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability
to apply the principles of reliability and how through their
application, organizations can improve their product performance.

Learning Outcomes
To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated
the ability to: 

1. Interpret the broad concept of reliability.
2. Apply the distributions used in reliability.
3. Predict the reliability of a component using the appropriate
   distribution law and goodness of fit test.
4. Calculate the reliability of both series and parallel system and
   redundancy.
5. Explain component and system reliability.
6. Explain the concept of hazard analysis.
7. Perform failure mode and criticality analysis.
8. Display an understanding of fault-tree analysis.
9. Perform reliability testing.
10. Explain the significance of maintainability and availability.
11. Calculate maintainability and availability.
12. Explain product safety.

Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:

Assignments (10 X 4%)                     40%    
    Project                               20% 
    *Final Test	                          40%(Modules 1-10) 
    TOTAL				  100%  

*Final Test is administered on-line. 

Please Note: Despite the final grade, students must obtain at a
minimum 50% on the Final exam, 50% on the project and 50% on the
assignment component of this course in order to obtain a passing grade
in this course.

Provincial Context
The course meets the following Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities requirements:

Essential Employability Skills
Essential Employability Skills emphasized in the course:

	Communication		Critical Thinking & Problem Solving		Interpersonal
	Numeracy		Information Management		Personal

Notes: N/A

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact (if course is PLAR-eligible) : Office of the Registrar
Students may apply to receive credit by demonstrating achievement of the course learning outcomes through previous relevant work/life experience, service, self-study and training on the job. This course is eligible for challenge through the following method(s):

Challenge Exam	Portfolio	Interview	Other	Not Eligible for PLAR
X

Notes: N/A

Section III: Topical Outline

Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
Effective term: Fall 2012
Professor: Konstantyn Kostowskyj
Textbook(s):

Required:

Reliability for the Technologies, Second Edition
By Leonard A. Doty (1999),Industrial Press New York, NY    
ISBN 0-8311-1169-0

Recommended Reading:

Practical Reliability Engineering, 4th Edition
By Patrick O'Connor (2003)
Wiley, New York, NY           
ISBN 0-470-84462-0

Reliability Methods for Engineers
By K.S. Krishnamoorthi
ASQ Quality Press Milwaukee WI
ISBN   0-87389-161-9

Applicable student group(s): Continuing Education Students
Course Details:

Module 1:
(Learning outcome 1)
Introduction to Reliability:  Terms and Definitions, Failure rates, 
and Reliability standards
Activities and Evaluations: i.e Assign 1 @ 4%, 

Module 2:
(Learning outcome 2)
Reliability Distributions and Selection of distribution Law
Activities and Evaluations: i.e Assign 2 @ 4%

Module 3:
(Learning outcome 3)
Reliability Prediction Methodology:  Weibull Distribution, Graphical 
and analytical methods of goodness of fit tests:  Chi-square and 
Kolmogorov-Smirnov Tests
Activities and Evaluations: i.e Assign 3 @ 4%

Module 4:
(Learning outcome 4)
Series and Parallel System and Redundancy
Activities and Evaluations: i.e Assign 4 @ 4%,

Module 5:
(Learning outcome 5)
System Reliability
Activities and Evaluations: i.e Assign 5 @ 4%,

Module 6:
(Learning outcome 6)
Reliability in design, Methods for Improving Reliability during 
Design, and Hazard Analysis
Activities and Evaluations: i.e Assign 6 @ 4%, 

Module 7:
(Learning outcome 7 and 8)
- Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis and Fault Tree Analysis
Activities and Evaluations: i.e Assign 7 @ 4%,

Module 8:
(Learning outcome 9)
Reliability Testing, Reliability in Manufacturing
Activities and Evaluations: i.e Assign 8 @ 4%,

Module 9:
(Learning outcomes 10, 11)
Maintainability and Availability
Activities and Evaluations: i.e Assign 9 @ 4%,

Module 10:
(Learning outcome 12)
Safety and Product Liability
Activities and Evaluations: i.e Assign 10 @ 4%, Project 20%,  Final
test 40% online, covers Modules 1 to 10.

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