Reliability Block Diagram

A Reliability Block Diagram (RBD) is a visual representation of a system's architecture that models how component reliabilities combine to determine overall system reliability. Each block represents a component or subsystem with a known reliability (probability of functioning without failure), and connections between blocks represent functional relationships (series, parallel, or mixed). RBD analysis is a fundamental tool in reliability engineering, used to identify critical components, optimize redundancy, and predict system-level failure rates.