MEI-66216 Systems Reliability Centered Maintenance, 5 cr
Person responsible
Jouko Laitinen
Learning Outcomes
The student is able to apply Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) analysis in a systematic evaluation approach for developing and optimizing a maintenance programme (which consists of Corrective, Time Based and Condition Based maintenance).
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Reliability Centered Maintenance Approach | Historical Evolution of RCM | |
| 2. | Service and repair process design and development. | Assessment of corrective, conditon-based and time-based maintenance impact on failure probability. | |
| 3. | Design and development of spare part service | Propabilistic risk assessment of a spare part stock by stochastic simulation. | |
| 4. | Models and methods for advance warning of system failure and prediction of remaining useful life after advance warning. | Operation and maintenance data integration and analysis for intelligent decision making process in product-service business. | |
| 5. | Optimization of system specific maintenance service program to achieve required availability and safety with minimum costs. | Design and risk assessment of basic and extended warranty, and maintenance contracts. |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
Participation activity in lectures and exercises, and successfully completed exercises and a written exam.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Additional information | Examination material |
| Other online content | Application of Reliability Centred Maintenance to Optimize Operation and Maintenance in Nuclear Power Plants | IAEA-TECDOC-1590 | http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/te_1590_web.pdf | No | ||
| Other online content | Reliability Centered Maintenance - Guide | NASA | http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codej/codejx/Assets/Docs/NASARCMGuide.pdf | No |
Correspondence of content
There is no equivalence with any other courses