COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIABILITY AND DESIGN MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UKY 8011 RELIABILITY AND DESIGN MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Distance Learning Non-thesis Master's Degree in Quality Management (M.Sc.)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR LEVENT ŞENYAY

Offered to

Distance Learning Non-thesis Master's Degree in Quality Management (M.Sc.)

Course Objective

the objective of this course is to describe the methods of reliability which is an important dimension of quality and important stage in product development studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to plan reliability studies in product design management.
2   to be able to predict the product/system reliability.
3   to be able to plan reliability tests.
4   to be able to carry out required risk analyses in reliability studies.
5   to be able to manage reliability studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 reliability, reliabilty engineering and maintainability concepts
2 distributions of life time.
3 estimation and modelling reliability - estimation of system reliability
4 estimation and modelling reliability - modular design
5 estimation and modelling reliability - block diagram analysis - fault desicion tree
6 estimation and modelling reliability - standard methods for reliability estimation and modelling
7 reliability in design - computer aided engineering - design analysis methods
8 reliability in design - quality function deployment
9 reliability in design - failure modes, effects and criticallity analysis (FMECA) - reliability predictions for FMECA
10 reliability in design - part, material and processes review - human reliability - design analyses for processes
11 reliability in design - critical part lists management of design reviews - configuration control
12 reliability of mechanical components and systems
13 reliability tests
14 reliability management and importance in design management

Recomended or Required Reading

Nelson, Wayne (1983), How to Analyze Reliability Data, ASQ Press, NY.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Class Lecturing , 2- Lectures on applications , 3- Presentations of Case Studies,
4- Discussion and analysis of case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.20 + FN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.133543
LO.233543
LO.333543
LO.43543
LO.53543