8.3. Introduction to Reliability#
As we previously introduced, Reliability is the probability of a device or system performing its intended function under given conditions for a specified period of time. In this section, we will introduced two perspectives for performing reliability assessments:
Defining a limit state function and computing the probability of being in such failure region;
Analyzing the failure distributions from a survivability perspective.
Attribution
This chapter is written by Patricia Mares Nasarre, Max Ramgraber and Oswaldo Morales Napoles. Find out more here.