Related Topics:

RCM Analysis

Failure Modes and Reliability Analysis (FMRA)

Using Simulation and Cost Calculations

Simulation Settings

When using the simulation and cost calculations method, once you have defined the probability of failure and the maintenance scenarios for the failure mode, you can then define the simulation settings and run the simulation. To do this, click Simulate in the Task Manager.

The Simulate window will appear, allowing you to specify the settings used in simulation.

Note: The Simulate window is also used to specify simulation settings in order to predict system availability and operation costs at the system level in the FMRA. In this case, it is accessed by selecting the system that you want to simulate and choosing FMRA > RAM Analysis > Simulate (Availability).

RBI uses the simulation engines from ReliaSoft’s BlockSim software for system reliability, maintainability and availability analysis.

The following simulation settings are available:

The number of threads you use affects repeatability of results. In order for your results to be repeatable, you must use the same number of threads and the same seed each time you simulate the diagram. When you are using multithreading, the seed that you specify is the seed for the first thread; seeds for additional threads are sequential (e.g., if you are using 3 threads and your starting seed is 7, the threads will use 7, 8 and 9 as the starting points for random number generation).

Click OK to perform the simulation.

 

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