Reliability Analysis of a Three-Engine Simultaneous Pouring Control System Based on Bayesian Networks Combined with FMEA and FTA

Pouring is an important process in the production of solid propellant rocket engines, and usually, the cost of a solid propellant rocket engine is extremely high. Therefore, pouring production with high reliability is very important. The pouring of three engines of solid propellant rocket engines si...

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Main Authors: Zhaoxia Cui, Minghai Zheng, Jin Wang, Jiang Liu
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
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author Zhaoxia Cui
Minghai Zheng
Jin Wang
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Jiang Liu
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description Pouring is an important process in the production of solid propellant rocket engines, and usually, the cost of a solid propellant rocket engine is extremely high. Therefore, pouring production with high reliability is very important. The pouring of three engines of solid propellant rocket engines simultaneously can greatly improve its production efficiency. However, it makes the system more complex and redundant. For a multi-state system, it is difficult to make an accurate evaluation of system reliability. Aiming at the redundancy of multiple engines and acousto-optic combined control in the three-engine simultaneously slurry pouring alarm control system with dissimilar redundant alarm units, a reliability analysis method is proposed based on the combination of Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA). The control system is divided into several redundant states according to the alarm function, and then the Bayesian Networks method is used for reliability evaluation and calculation. Finally, the reliabilities of systems with dissimilar redundancy degrees are obtained. The tangible results of this research work are as follows: (1) The research results obtained by applying the FMEA method laid a foundation for the establishment of a fault trees model for analyzing the reliability of the control system using the FTA method, in addition, which can guide the maintenance and fault identification of the control system during engineering application. (2) The calculated value of the reliability of the control system is 0.999989, and the mean time between failures is MTBF is 5 × 10<sup>4</sup> by using the fault tree analysis method, which proves that the designed three-engine simultaneous pouring system is very reliable. (3) Based on the calculation and comparison of the Bayesian Networks of redundant three-engine pouring control systems, the circuit diagram of the improved control system is identified.
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spelling doaj.art-3e5aa5c3d6064507a7ba751705f2c36e2023-11-19T15:33:41ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-10-0113201154610.3390/app132011546Reliability Analysis of a Three-Engine Simultaneous Pouring Control System Based on Bayesian Networks Combined with FMEA and FTAZhaoxia Cui0Minghai Zheng1Jin Wang2Jiang Liu3School of Mechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, ChinaPouring is an important process in the production of solid propellant rocket engines, and usually, the cost of a solid propellant rocket engine is extremely high. Therefore, pouring production with high reliability is very important. The pouring of three engines of solid propellant rocket engines simultaneously can greatly improve its production efficiency. However, it makes the system more complex and redundant. For a multi-state system, it is difficult to make an accurate evaluation of system reliability. Aiming at the redundancy of multiple engines and acousto-optic combined control in the three-engine simultaneously slurry pouring alarm control system with dissimilar redundant alarm units, a reliability analysis method is proposed based on the combination of Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA). The control system is divided into several redundant states according to the alarm function, and then the Bayesian Networks method is used for reliability evaluation and calculation. Finally, the reliabilities of systems with dissimilar redundancy degrees are obtained. The tangible results of this research work are as follows: (1) The research results obtained by applying the FMEA method laid a foundation for the establishment of a fault trees model for analyzing the reliability of the control system using the FTA method, in addition, which can guide the maintenance and fault identification of the control system during engineering application. (2) The calculated value of the reliability of the control system is 0.999989, and the mean time between failures is MTBF is 5 × 10<sup>4</sup> by using the fault tree analysis method, which proves that the designed three-engine simultaneous pouring system is very reliable. (3) Based on the calculation and comparison of the Bayesian Networks of redundant three-engine pouring control systems, the circuit diagram of the improved control system is identified.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/20/11546solid propellant rocket enginethree-engine simultaneously pouring control systemreliabilitydissimilar redundancy systemFTAFMEA
spellingShingle Zhaoxia Cui
Minghai Zheng
Jin Wang
Jiang Liu
Reliability Analysis of a Three-Engine Simultaneous Pouring Control System Based on Bayesian Networks Combined with FMEA and FTA
Applied Sciences
solid propellant rocket engine
three-engine simultaneously pouring control system
reliability
dissimilar redundancy system
FTA
FMEA
title Reliability Analysis of a Three-Engine Simultaneous Pouring Control System Based on Bayesian Networks Combined with FMEA and FTA
title_full Reliability Analysis of a Three-Engine Simultaneous Pouring Control System Based on Bayesian Networks Combined with FMEA and FTA
title_fullStr Reliability Analysis of a Three-Engine Simultaneous Pouring Control System Based on Bayesian Networks Combined with FMEA and FTA
title_full_unstemmed Reliability Analysis of a Three-Engine Simultaneous Pouring Control System Based on Bayesian Networks Combined with FMEA and FTA
title_short Reliability Analysis of a Three-Engine Simultaneous Pouring Control System Based on Bayesian Networks Combined with FMEA and FTA
title_sort reliability analysis of a three engine simultaneous pouring control system based on bayesian networks combined with fmea and fta
topic solid propellant rocket engine
three-engine simultaneously pouring control system
reliability
dissimilar redundancy system
FTA
FMEA
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/20/11546
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