{"id":13351,"date":"2016-10-21T03:59:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T03:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/?page_id=13351"},"modified":"2016-12-05T06:58:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T06:58:58","slug":"g522a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/g522a\/","title":{"rendered":"G522A"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dt_row_1177728226388\" class=\"clearfix dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_2\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_row_3177728226383\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_4\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-6\"><div id=\"dt_row_5177728226339\" class=\"row dt_row title-blck\"><div id=\"dt_column_6\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt-section-head-7\" class=\"dt-section-head center  size-custom\">\r\n              <div><h2 style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:35px\" class=\"section-main-title\">G522A<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_column_8\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-6\"><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_row_9177728226362\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_10\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-5\"><\/div><div id=\"dt_column_11\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-7\"><div id=\"dt_row_12177728226348\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_13\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_text14177728226483\" class=\"dt_text\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em; color: #696969;\">System Reliability and Maintainability Analysis and Optimization<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_row_15177728226449\" class=\"clearfix dt_row\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div id=\"dt_column_16\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-8\"><div id=\"dt_row_17177728226489\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_18\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_text19177728226482\" class=\"dt_text\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Learn System Reliability \/ Maintainability and Related Analyses<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\">G522A explores advanced concepts and applications for system reliability\/maintainability analysis and optimization utilizing a reliability block diagram (RBD) or fault tree analysis (FTA) approach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: normal;\">The course presents concepts and software tools that you could use to help your organization:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Identify critical components (or failure modes) and determine the most effective ways to improve system performance through design improvements and\/or maintenance planning.<\/li>\n<li>Use simulation to obtain estimated performance metrics that can facilitate decision-making in a variety of areas, such as scheduling planned maintenance, planning for spares, identifying bottlenecks in production throughput and estimating life cycle costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left; padding-top: 1em;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; background-color: #7dc353; border: 5px solid #7dc353;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/contact-page-three\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_row_20177728226479\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_21\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_row_22177728226431\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_23\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_text24177728226498\" class=\"dt_text\">\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 40px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: #0093d5; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;\">Course Outline<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_row_25177728226447\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_26\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_text27177728226423\" class=\"dt_text\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Principles and Theory<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Introduction and Overview<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Defining a system.<\/li>\n<li>Viewing a system as a collection of components and\/or component failure modes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_column_28\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-4\"><div id=\"dt_row_29177728226456\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_30\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_image31\" class=\"dt_image\"><div class=\"image-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"img-responsive style-default\" src=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sidebar_g522a.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_text32177728226485\" class=\"dt_text\">\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1em; box-shadow: 1px 0px 10px rgba(123, 123, 123, 0.66); padding: 16px; width: 82%; border-radius: 11px; margin: auto;\">\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a03 days<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CEUs:<\/strong>\u00a02.1\u00a0<strong>CRP Credits:<\/strong>\u00a03<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Course Prerequisites<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #4e93d5; font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/g400\/\">G400<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Assumes Basic Knowledge Of<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Undergraduate Algebra<\/li>\n<li>Elementary Calculus<\/li>\n<li>Probability and Statistics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Recommended Prior Course(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #4e93d5; font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/g400\/\">G400<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Alternative\/Similar Course(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #4e93d5; font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/m440\/\">M440<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Next Recommended Course<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #4e93d5; font-weight: normal;\" href=\"hhttp:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/g522b\/\">G522B<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Software Used<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Primary: <a style=\"color: #4e93d5; font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/blocksim\/\">BlockSim<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Supplemental:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #4e93d5; font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/weibull\/\">Weibull++,<\/a> <a style=\"color: #4e93d5; font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/rcm\/\">RCM++,<\/a> <a style=\"color: #4e93d5; font-weight: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/xfmea\/\">Xfmea<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"dt_text33177728226474\" class=\"dt_text\">\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2em; box-shadow: 1px 0px 10px rgba(123, 123, 123, 0.66); padding: 10px; width: 82%; border-radius: 11px; margin: auto;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Computer Required for Course<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 5px;\">Plan to install and explore the course software prior to attending.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0px !important;\"><a style=\"text-align: center; color: #4e93d5; font-weight: 600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reliasoft.com\/seminars\/courses\/g400_prepare_to_attend.htm\">[Learn More]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_row_34177728226496\" class=\"clearfix dt_row\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div id=\"dt_column_35\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-6\"><div id=\"dt_row_36177728226474\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_37\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_text38177728226483\" class=\"dt_text\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">RBD Configurations and Fault Tree Gates and Events<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Using reliability block diagrams (RBDs) to represent the reliability model of system.<\/li>\n<li>Series configurations.<\/li>\n<li>Simple parallel configurations.<\/li>\n<li><i>k-out-of-n<\/i> configurations.<\/li>\n<li>Complex configurations.\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Bayes&#8217; theorem method.<\/li>\n<li>Complex configurations for failure modes, networks and mechanical systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Introduction to Time Dependency<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Introduction to time dependency.<\/li>\n<li>Inclusion of &#8220;used&#8221; components in modeling.<\/li>\n<li>System reliability metrics:\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Obtaining a system <i>pdf<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>Derivation of functions of interest: system failure rate function, system MTTF, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Advanced Reliability Block Diagram (RBD) Constructs and their Analytic Quantification<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Modeling block dependency:\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Combining life distributions with life-stress (load) relationships to describe dependency effects.<\/li>\n<li>Basic load sharing configurations.<\/li>\n<li><i>k-out-of-n<\/i> load sharing configurations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Modeling standby redundancy:\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Energized and quiescent failure distributions.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Hot,&#8221; &#8220;Warm&#8221; and &#8220;Cold&#8221; standby definitions.<\/li>\n<li>Switching (perfect or imperfect switching, with delays, retries and switch quiescent failure probabilities).<\/li>\n<li><i>k-out-of-n-plus-M<\/i> standby configurations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Additional reliability block diagram (RBD) constructs:\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Nodes.<\/li>\n<li>Containers.<\/li>\n<li>Block Encapsulation (subdiagram blocks).<\/li>\n<li>Block Multiplicity.<\/li>\n<li>Block Mirroring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Identifying Opportunities<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Identifying importance of components, subsystems (and or modes) and their overall impact on system reliability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Optimum Reliability Allocation<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"seminars\">\n<li>Cost\/Feasibility functions.<\/li>\n<li>Determining component reliabilities to achieve system goal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Introduction to Discrete Event Simulation<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Introduction to Repairable Systems Analysis: Fundamentals of Maintainability and Availability<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Repair and downtime distributions and metrics.<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to renewal theory.<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to maintainability.<\/li>\n<li>Imperfect repairs (restoration factors).<\/li>\n<li>Availability definitions:\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Instantaneous (Point) Availability<\/li>\n<li>Mean Availability<\/li>\n<li>Steady State Availability<\/li>\n<li>Inherent Availability<\/li>\n<li>Achieved Availability<\/li>\n<li>Operational Availability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dt_column_39\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-6\"><div id=\"dt_row_40177728226490\" class=\"row dt_row\"><div id=\"dt_column_41\" class=\"dt_column col-sm-12\"><div id=\"dt_text42177728226493\" class=\"dt_text\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Introduction to Preventive Maintenance (PM) Principles<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>When does &#8220;Preventive Maintenance&#8221; make sense?<\/li>\n<li>The fallacy of &#8220;Constant Failure Rate&#8221; and &#8220;Preventive Replacement.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Quantifying preventive vs. corrective replacement strategies.<\/li>\n<li>Determining optimum PM intervals.<\/li>\n<li>Modeling effects of PM actions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Advanced Simulation Options: Using Policies, Pools and Resources<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Adding Crews to the analysis.\n<ul class=\"seminars\">\n<li>Probabilistic elements.<\/li>\n<li>Crew costs.<\/li>\n<li>Crew utilization metrics and bottlenecks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Adding Spare Part Pools (Depots) to the analysis.\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Probabilistic elements.<\/li>\n<li>Spare part inventory management, costs.<\/li>\n<li>Spare utilization metrics and bottlenecks.<\/li>\n<li>Standard, on-condition and upon emergency spare part provisioning with associated costs and probabilistic delays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Utilizing &#8220;Corrective,&#8221; &#8220;Preventive&#8221; and &#8220;Inspection&#8221; actions with associated policies.\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Corrective actions, &#8220;Immediate&#8221; or &#8220;Upon Inspection&#8221; (hidden\/discovery).<\/li>\n<li>Inspections based on system time, component age and\/or other system events (e.g., similar component failure elsewhere in the system).<\/li>\n<li>PM actions based on system time, component age and\/or other system events (e.g., similar component failure elsewhere in the system).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Visualizing and Improving System Availability<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Looking at common metrics (MTBF, MTBDE, MTBE, AX, etc.) and charts.<\/li>\n<li>Additional (new) metrics for identifying opportunities in repairable systems:\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>RS-FCI (ReliaSoft&#8217;s Failure Criticality Index).<\/li>\n<li>RS-DECI (ReliaSoft&#8217;s Downing Event Criticality Index).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>FRED reports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Throughput Analysis<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Throughput metrics and terminology.\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>System throughput.<\/li>\n<li>Component throughput.<\/li>\n<li>System and component utilization metrics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bottlenecks identification.<\/li>\n<li>Backlog processing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Including Costs in the Analysis, Introduction to Life Cycle Cost Analysis<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Determination of the probabilistic costs associated with system operation.<\/li>\n<li>Sample financial analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Introduction to Reliability Phase Diagrams<\/span><\/h3>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0093d5;\">Hands-On Software Practice<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul class=\"seminars\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\n<li>Introduction to and familiarization with BlockSim.<\/li>\n<li>Creating models in BlockSim that apply all of the above principles.<\/li>\n<li>Using realistic cases (described in an objective statement), determine how to set up and analyze each case in a team environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13351","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13351"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18246,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13351\/revisions\/18246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyangel.com\/recdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}