QLTY07007 2009 Applied Statistical Improvement

General Details

Full Title
Applied Statistical Improvement
Transcript Title
Applied Statistical Improvement
Code
QLTY07007
Attendance
N/A %
Subject Area
QLTY - Quality
Department
MENG - Mech. and Electronic Eng.
Level
07 - Level 7
Credit
05 - 05 Credits
Duration
Semester
Fee
Start Term
2009 - Full Academic Year 2009-10
End Term
9999 - The End of Time
Author(s)
Paul Curran
Programme Membership
SG_EQUAL_H08 200900 Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Quality Engineering SG_EQUAL_J07 200900 Bachelor of Science in Quality SG_EQUAL_J07 200900 Bachelor of Science in Quality SG_EQUAL_B07 200900 Bachelor of Science in Quality Engineering
Description

The student should be able to function as part of a team undertaking an Experimental Design and understand concepts of Reliability.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module the learner will/should be able to;

1.

Explain the concepts of reliability

2.

Perform simple reliability predictions and modeling.

3.

Undertake basic Reliability design analysis using FMEA and FTA.

4.

Plan and conduct a designed experiment.

5.

Perform a Taguchi Experimental Design

6.

Analyse and interpret data arising from a designed experiment.

7.

Use Minitab to Analyse an Experimental Design

Indicative Syllabus

Reliability

  1. Introduction to reliability engineering, definitions, bathtub curve, life cycle costing. (8 Hours)
  2. Fundamentals of reliability prediction, series and parallel systems. (6 Hours)
  3. Simple FMEAs, FTA. (8 Hours)

Experimental Design

  1. Planning an experiment. Guidelines for designing experiments. Analysis of Variance - Its interpretation and understanding. Use of computers to analyse data and residuals. (10 Hours)
  2.  "2 to the power of k" factorial designs. Their analysis and interpretation. Randomisation, replication and blocking. Model adequacy checking. Computer analysis of experimental data. (16 Hours)
  3. Introduction to Taguchi methods. Loss function. Plan an experiment using Taguchi methods and subsequent computer analysis and interpretation. Confirmatory runs. (16 Hours)

Indicative Practicals/Projects

Plot Reliability data using Minitab

Plot Reliability data using Weibull chart paper

Perform and analyse an experiment on a statspult

Use experimental design techniques to optimise a paper airplane

Coursework & Assessment Breakdown

Coursework & Continuous Assessment
30 %
End of Semester / Year Formal Exam
70 %

Coursework Assessment

Title Type Form Percent Week Learning Outcomes Assessed
1 Other Exam Mid Semester Examination Coursework Assessment UNKNOWN 10 % OnGoing 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
2 Project Experimental design Project Coursework Assessment UNKNOWN 20 % OnGoing 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
             

End of Semester / Year Assessment

Title Type Form Percent Week Learning Outcomes Assessed
1 Final Exam One written 2 hr paper Final Exam UNKNOWN 70 % End of Year 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
             
             

Part Time Mode Workload


Type Location Description Hours Frequency Avg Workload
Lecture Distance Learning Suite Theory 2 Weekly 2.00
Tutorial Distance Learning Suite tutorial hours 1 Weekly 1.00
Total Part Time Average Weekly Learner Contact Time 3.00 Hours

Module Resources

Non ISBN Literary Resources

Authors

Title

Publishers

Year

Antony, Jiju

Design of Experiments for Engineers and Scientists

Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann

2003

Brewer, Robert

Design of experiments for process improvement and quality assurance

Engineering & Management Press,

1996

U.Dinesh Kumar, John Crocker, T. Chitra, and Haritha Saranga

Reliability and Six Sigma

Springer-Verlag

2006

Other Resources

None