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RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF NAVIGATION LOCK AND DAM MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
Reliability Concepts and Definition of Terms
Measures of component reliability.
Figure 1. Typical bathtub curve
Figure 2. Reliability function for exponential distribution
Engineering Reliability Analysis - ETL-1110-2-5600006
Figure 4. Reliability function for Weibull distribution
Component Reliability
Mission reliability
Figure 8. Standby redundant system
Figure 9. Series-parallel system
Recommendations - ETL-1110-2-5600012
Appendix A: References - ETL-1110-2-5600013
Sadlon 1993
Appendix B : Reliability-Related Internet Web Sites
Appendix C: Merged Failure Data
Figure C-2. Mechanical and Electrical Equipment Failure Survey Internet Page
Processing Data
Merged Failure Data cont'd
Table C-1 Merged Failure Rates
Table C-1 (Concluded)
Appendix D: Mechanical Equipment Example
Reliability Calculation - ETL-1110-2-5600023
Results
Table D-1 Overall Environment Component Stress Levels (data from Greene and Bourne 1972)
Table D-2. Primary Machinery Component Failure Modes (Bloch and Geitner 1994)
Table D-2 (Continued)
Table D-2 (Concluded)
Table D-3 Failure Rate Data of Mechanical Components
Table D-4 α/MTTF Ratio as a function of β (Reliability Analysis Center 1995)
Table D-6 Reliability Analysis, Lock Tainter Valve Machinery
Table D-7 Reliability Analysis, Dam Gate Machinery
Figure D-1. Miter gate machinery
Figure D-3. Dam gate machinery
Figure D-4. Lock machinery basic and mission reliability diagram
Appendix E: Electrical Reliability Example
E-2. Reliability Block Diagram Formulation
Figure E-5. Lock gate (LD) electrical mission reliability block diagram
Figure E-7. Dam gate (DE) electrical mission reliability block diagram
Reliability Calculation - ETL-1110-2-5600040
Results
Table E-2 Failure Rate Data of Electrical Components from Reliability Analysis Center (1995)
Table E-3 Reliability Analysis, Lock Electrical Distribution
Table E-4 Reliability Analysis, Lock Miter Gate Electrical Equipment
Table E-5 Reliability Analysis, Lock Tainter Valve Electrical Equipment
Table E- 6 Reliability Analysis, Dam Electrical Distribution
Table E-7 Reliability Analysis, Dam Gate Electrical Equipment
Appendix G: Non-Series-Parallel System Analysis
Appendix G: Non-Series-Parallel System Analysis cont'd
ETL 1110-2-560