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1. Understand current development of reliability and condition monitoring methods.

2. Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis on mechanical systems.

3. Design a complete conditioning monitoring system for a machine using ISO standards.

4. Design of complete structural health monitoring system using SAE/ ISO standards.

5. Analyse a design for its reliability and maintainability using ISO standard techniques.

ASSIGNMENT OBJECTIVES:

Ø Understand current development of reliability and condition monitoring methods.

Ø Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis on mechanical systems.

Ø Design a complete conditioning monitoring system for a machine using ISO standards.

Ø Design of complete structural health monitoring system using SAE/ ISO standards.

Ø Analyse a design for its reliability and maintainability using ISO standard techniques.

ASSIGNMENT BRIEF:

You have been asked as an engineer in the ‘Ford Motors’ company to provide a detailed, professional report that contains the following items mentioned below:

1.Review the motor vehicle industry development, summarise the reliability methodologies development in the motor vehicle industry. Hint1: You need to read papers/journals/reports to perform this literature review part.

2. Look thought different online resources to find failure data for various components of the Ford motor engine, and construct a reliability block diagram (RBD) analysis for the motor engine. List all the assumptions you have made (e.g. failure criterial, failure/repair interval etc.)

3. Perform failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) on the same Ford motor engine. What is the advantages and disadvantages of quantitative method like RBD over qualitative method like FMEA?

4. Propose a monitoring system (sensory- actuation system) that can be used to:

- Monitor system operational condition

- Prevent system/ sub-systems failure.

Describe in detail the main elements of the system. Use block diagrams to support your discussion.

Review the motor vehicle industry development, summarise the reliability methodologies development in the motor vehicle industry.

2 Look thought different online resources to find failure data for various components of the Ford motor engine, and construct a reliability blockdiagram (RBD) analysis for the motor engine.

3 Perform failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) on the same Ford motor engine. List the advantages and disadvantages of quantitative method like RBD over qualitative method like FMEA.

4 Propose a condition monitoring system (sensory - actuation system) that can be used to monitor system operational state and prevent system/ sub-systems failure. Describe in detail the main elements of the system. Use block diagrams to support your discussion