Basic operational reliability
Analytical methods for operational reliability
MG1211 Industrial Operational Reliability 6.0 credits
Information per course offering
Information for Spring 2026 Start 13 Jan 2026 programme students
- Course location
KTH Campus
- Duration
- 13 Jan 2026 - 13 Mar 2026
- Periods
Spring 2026: P3 (6 hp)
- Pace of study
50%
- Application code
60298
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
Swedish
- Course memo
- Course memo is not published
- Number of places
Places are not limited
- Target group
- No information inserted
- Planned modular schedule
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- Schedule
- Part of programme
Contact
Course syllabus as PDF
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Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the student shall be able to:
1. explain the factors that affect the availability and reliability of technical systems
2. characterise faults, their sources and distribution patterns in technical systems
3. carry out FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance) for a technical system
4. assess the maintenance characteristics of a piece of industrial equipment
5. analyse a technical system from a maintenance point of view to evaluate its performance, reliability and maintenance needs
6. identify, analyse and solve problems related to the reliability and maintenance of technical systems using commonly available tools.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
No information inserted
Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- INL1 - Homework Assignments, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- INL2 - Homework Assignments, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Written exam, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Technology
Education cycle
First cycle