An alternative model used in reliability treats the environmental stress as a random variable (X), with probability
Question:
An alternative model used in reliability treats the environmental stress as a random variable \(X\), with probability density \(f(x)\), and the strength of the component to withstand this stress as an independent random variable \(Y\) having probability density \(g(y)\). Then, the reliability is defined as
\[\begin{aligned} R=P[Y>X] & =\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \int_{-\infty}^{y} f(x) g(y) d x d y \\ & =\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} F(y) g(y) d y \end{aligned}\]
where \(F(x)\) is the distribution function of \(X\). Evaluate this reliability when
(a) \(X\) has an exponential distribution with \(\alpha=0.01\) and \(Y\) has an exponential distribution with failure rate 0.005 ;
(b) \(X\) has an exponential distribution with \(\alpha=0.005\) and \(Y\) has an exponential distribution with failure rate 0.005 ;
(c) \(\ln X\) has a normal distribution with \(\mu=60\) and \(\sigma=5\) and \(\ln Y\) has a normal distribution with \(\mu=\) 80 and \(\sigma=5\).
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Probability And Statistics For Engineers
ISBN: 9780134435688
9th Global Edition
Authors: Richard Johnson, Irwin Miller, John Freund