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UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS MODULE SPECIFICATION SHEET

1. GENERAL INFORMATION Academic Year: 2013/2014 Semester: 2

Title Code Duration (hrs) No of credits

Reliability & Safety Engineering MECH 4003Y(5)

Lectures & Tutorial: 45 3

2. PRE-REQUISITE(S)/PRE-REQUIREMENT(S) Nil 3. AIMS The main aims of this module are: To expose the students to the philosophy and principles of Reliability & Safety Engineering To illustrate the application of those principles in an industrial context. 4. OUTLINE SYLLABUS Reliability: Definition of reliability, failure determination and measures; Failure frequency distributions; Graphical analysis of item failure data, Trend analysis, Reliability and Availability Assessment of systems; Failure Mode Effect & Criticality Analysis (FMECA); Fault Tree Analysis (FTA); Implications for Maintenance; Industrial Case Studies. Definition of critical maintenance terms, the basic model of the maintenance system, Maintenance approaches, relationship between reliability and failure, common types of failure in components, safe system of work for maintenance, Principles of preventive maintenance: definition of a plant item, maintainability diagrams, Models for optimising the balance of preventive and corrective work, Selection of the best maintenance procedure in the light of cost and safety factors, The Top-down Bottom-up (TDBU) approach to the formulation of maintenance strategy, Introduction to Reliability-Centred Maintenance, its uses and limitations, Total Productive Maintenance, Integrated Condition Based Maintenance, Machine Life cycles, Trend Monitoring, Parameter Symptom limits, Thermal monitoring, Lubricant monitoring, Vibration monitoring, Machine faults and frequency range of symptoms. Safety: The Workplace: Safety of the Workplace, Safety in Construction and Demolition Work, Safety

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during Maintenance Work, Work in Confined Spaces, Fire Safety, Storage of Flammable Materials, Fire and Explosion Hazards and Precautions, Safe Use of Electricity, Chemical Process Safety, Safe Working 8 Practices in Construction and Demolition Work, Storage and Transport of Flammable, Toxic and Corrosive Substances, Environmental Pollution and Waste Management. Work Equipment: Selection, Use and Maintenance of Work Equipment, Basic Machinery Safety, Safety in the Movement of People and Materials, Electrical Equipment Safety, Plant and Machinery Safety Programmable Electronic Systems, Integrity of Materials and Components, Pressure Systems. Relevant legislation for occupational health and safety in Mauritius. 5. COORDINATORS: Programme Coordinator Name DR VENKANNAH Department Mechanical & Prod Engg Building Engineering Tower Room Number Level 5 Phone No. E-mail address sv@uom.ac.mu Consultation Time

6. LECTURER Name A.KHOODARUTH Department Mechanical & Prod Engg Building Engineering Tower Room Number Level 5 Phone No. 4037839 E-mail address a.khoodaruth@uom.ac.mu Consultation Time 12.00 hrs to 13.00 hrs

7. VENUE AND HOURS/WEEK Hours/week: 3 hrs of lecture per week. All lectures will be held in the Engineering Tower or Phase 2 Building, FoE.

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8. MODULE MAP

Wk(s) Hr(s) Lecture Title(s) 1 3 Principle of Maintenance Engineering-FTM,Corrective, 2 3 Principle of Maintenance Engineering-Condition Based Maintenance 3 3 Test 1 4 3 Fault Tree Analysis 5 3 Failure Mode Effect & Criticality Analysis(FMECA) 6 3 Reliability Centered Maintenance 7 3 Safety Engineering 8 3 Safety Engineering 9 3 Power Point Presentation on Safety Engineering Assignment

10 3 Intro. to Principles Of Reliability 11 3 Reliability Measures-Time to Failure Approach 12 3 Reliability Measures-Stress Strength Approach 13 3 System Reliability-RBD, series, parallel, r out of n 14 3 Availability-concept and importance 15 3 Reliability Allocation 15 3 Revision/test

9. RECOMMENDED BOOKS/JOURNALS/WEBSITES Practical Reliability Engineering by Patrick OConnor 10. ASSESSMENT (i) Written Examination: Paper Structure

Sections (if any): To be announced later No. of questions to be answered: To be announced later

Multiple Choice Questions: Nil Compulsory Questions (if any): To be announced later

Exams date: NA Paper Duration: 2hrs

Weighting (%): 70 Pass Marks: 40

Total Marks: 100

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(ii)Continuous Assessment

Weighting (%): 30 Number Overall

Weightage (%)

Assignments 2 50

Test(s): 2 50

Total Marks: 100