B.E. (Biomedical Engineering) Reliability Engineering Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This is the Fourth Year Biomedical Rev 2019 C Scheme syllabus under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2022-23. The University has not yet published an NEP 2020 syllabus above Semester IV for this branch, and this is the scheme its examinations are set on.
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Syllabus for Reliability Engineering
Module 1: Probability theory: Probability: Standard definitions and concepts; Conditional Probability, Baye’s Theorem.
- Probability Distributions: Central tendency and Dispersion; Binomial, Normal, Poisson, Weibull, Exponential, relations between them and their significance. Measures of Dispersion: Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation, Variance, Skewness and Kurtosis.
Module 2: Reliability Concepts: Reliability definitions, Importance of Reliability, Quality Assurance and Reliability, Bath Tub Curve.
- Failure Data Analysis: Hazard rate, failure density, Failure Rate, Mean Time To Failure (MTTF), MTBF, Reliability Functions. Reliability Hazard Models: Constant Failure Rate, Linearly increasing, Time Dependent Failure Rate, Weibull Model. Distribution functions and reliability analysis.
Module 3: System Reliability:
- System Configurations: Series, parallel, mixed configuration, k out of n structure, Complex systems. 3 then part (b) will be from any module other than module 3) Four questions need to be solved. University of Mumbai, Biomedical Engineering, Rev 2022-23 Teaching
REFERENCES
- 1 L.S. Srinath, “Reliability Engineering”, Affiliated East-Wast Press (P) Ltd., 1985.
- 2 Charles E. Ebeling, “Reliability and Maintainability Engineering”, Tata McGraw Hill.
- 3 B.S. Dhillion, C. Singh, “Engineering Reliability”, John Wiley & Sons, 1980.
- 4 P.D.T. Conor, “Practical Reliability Engg.”, John Wiley & Sons, 1985.
- 5 K.C. Kapur, L.R. Lamberson, “Reliability in Engineering Design”, John Wiley & Sons.
- 6 Murray R. Spiegel, “Probability and Statistics”, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Biomedical Engineering) under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2022-23. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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