Swansea University

Systems Monitoring, Control, Reliability, Survivability, Integrity and Maintenance

EG-M36

Iowa State Course Substitution

Program Elective, Systems Engineering

IE

Course Info

International Credits: 10.0
Converted Credits: 3.0
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Special Notes:

*For 2025 or later catalogs only!*

Course Description:

The module will provide overview of the systems engineering aspects of monitoring, control, reliability, survivability, integrity and maintenance. Areas of interest to be studied will encompass an engineering application from mechanical, marine and aerospace. The important underlying systems engineering concepts on plan-do-check-act cycle, reliability in relation to quality engineering, design considerations on system survivability, integrity and maintenance will be highlighted and demonstrated with relevant examples. Of particular example will be looked at, including but not limited to, plant operation (hazard analysis, on-condition monitoring, majority voting system and high integrity protective system), marine and aerospace applications such as pump, propulsion subsystem and commercial satellite solar array subsystem (combination of series and parallel systems). Failure Modes and Effects Analysis and Load (stress) - Strength analysis will be introduced and the important links between type of failure, failure rate and safety margin will be quantified.

Review

Evaluated Date:
November 10, 2025
Evaluated:
Frank Peters
Expiration Date:
November 10, 2030
Comments:

2024 and prior Catalog: Engineering Topic Elective

2025 and later Catalog: IE Program Elective from the Systems Engineering category (2nd column in elective list)