1. RELIABILITY BLOCK DIAGRAMS SRE Meeting April 12, 2016 Daniel Sillivant Daniel.Sillivant@uah.edu

2. Basic Design Configurations 4/12/2016 2 © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

3. Description 4/12/2016 © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3 Part A Part B Part CPart D

4. Description 4/12/2016 4 Part A Part B Part A Interface Inside Part © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED To Part D

5. Part Description 4/12/2016 5 Connector A-1 Connector B-1 Connector B-2 Connector A-2 Connector C-1 Connector C-2 Interface From Part 1 From Part 2 Interface © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

6. Cable Bundle Description 2 Different Cable Types 3 Different Connectors 4/12/2016 6 Connector A-1 Connector B-1 Cable A-1 Connector C-1 Cable B-1.1 Cable B-1.2 Start End © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

7. RBD of Cable Bundle 4/12/2016 7 © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

8. Problem Statement 2 Cable Bundles Requirement: One Cable A Path out of 2 provided One Cable B Path out of 4 provided 4/12/2016 8 © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3 Pin Connector A-1 6 Pin Connector B-1 6 Pin Connector B-2 3 Pin Connector A-2 9 Pin Connector C-1 9 Pin Connector C-2 Interface From Part 1 From Part 2 Interface

9. Schematic: Cable Configuration 4/12/2016 9 © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ???

10. RBD: Design Alternative 1 4/12/2016 10 © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

11. RBD: Design Alternative 2 4/12/2016 11 © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ???

12. RBD: Design Alternative 3 4/12/2016 12 © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

13. RBD: Repeated Blocks 4/12/2016 13 © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

14. Simulation Results RBD ReliabilityUnreliability RBD: Single Cable Bundle 0.6495390.350461 RBD: Design Alternative 1 0.8771770.122823 RBD: Design Alternative 2 0.9605000.039500 RBD: Design Alternative 30.9013910.098609 RBD: Using Repeated Blocks0.9013910.098609 *Assumed a reliability of 0.9 for every block 4/12/2016 14 © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

15. Questions? 4/12/2016 © 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 15 Contact Information Daniel Sillivant Daniel.Sillivant@uah.edu