RBD module allows performing the functional Reliability and Availability analysis
of systems with variety of reliability distributions, and types of redundancy and
repair factors. While the basic RAM Commander module provides the reliability calculations
and predictions for non-redundant systems,
RBD utilizes data defined in other
modules (reliability, maintainability, FMECA), and performs either analytical calculation
or Monte Carlo simulation depending on the type of a reliability configuration of
the system.
RBD-supported configurations
• Series
• Parallel
• K-out-of-N with active (hot) redundancy
• K-out-of-N with stand-by (cold) redundancy
• Partially loaded K-out-of-N - warm redundancy
• K-out-of-N w/repair, w/o repair, w/restricted repair
• K-out-of-N with Switch
• Sub-RBD, K-out-of-N for Sub-RBD
The analytical technique is used mostly for exponential distributions. For each
RBD, a graph of the reliability function R(t) can be drawn and
MTBCF
(
Mean Time Between Critical Failures) can be calculated using numeric
integration.
Monte Carlo simulation with its' high speed, accuracy, and large
number of steps allows to evaluate Reliability and Availability for arbitrary configurations
when there is no analytical solution, i.e. complex configurations, including standby,
partially loaded and active redundancy; full or restricted repair with non-exponential
distribution of time-to-repair; analysis under non-steady, transient state; dependent
RBD elements; analysis of periodical inspection policy.
Distributions
• Exponential
• Normal
• Log-Normal
• Weibull
• Erlang
• Uniform
Reliability Block Diagram and MTBCF graph
System Configuration feature of the RBD module is an ingenious answer to the requests
of our customers who need to compare the reliability and availability of various
system configurations created as the sub-sets of the project product tree. The creation
of the unlimited number of system configurations, easy transformation of each configuration
into an RBD, MTBCF calculation, synchronized with the product tree changes, and
finally a clear and elegant graphical presentation - all this makes the System Configuration
feature an invaluable addition to the RAM Commander performance.
System Configuration Table
Download
the latest version of RAM Commander V8.2 (November 2011)
See also:
RAM Commander homepage
SoHaR Reliability and Safety Software Overview
Reliability&Safety Software Download
See
SoHaR Reliability, Safety and Quality Services if you wish us to perform reliability
prediction, analysis or other activities for you
