Question

Write a MATLAB or C (your choice) program that prompts the user to enter the number of series components in a system and the MTBFs for each component and then calculates the overall MTBF for the system using a FOR or a WHILE structure (loop). To test your program, determine the MTBF for a radar system consisting of an antenna subsystem with an MTBF of 2000 hours, a transmitter with an MTBF of 800 hours, a receiver with an MTBF of 3000 hours, and a computer with an MTBF of 5000 hours. Make sure that you send the .m or .cpp file to the drop box and include units.

Answer 1

Answer:

C++ programming language (code) was used or applied in prompting a user to enter he number of series components in a system and the MTBFs for each component and then calculates the overall MTBF for the system using a FOR or a WHILE structure (loop).

Explanation:

Solution

THE CODE

#include<iostream>

#include<cmath>

using namespace std;

int main()

{

  int key;

      // do while loop to run the program up to user wants to quit "to quit enter any number except 1 "

      do

      {

              int n,i=0,mtbf[100]; //declaring array to store the mtbf values of the n components

              float result=0,result1;

      cout<<"\n Enter number of components";

          cin>>n;

          while(i<n) // reading mtbf values into the array

          {

              cout<<"\n Enter MTBF(Mean time between failure)==>";

              cin>>mtbf[i];

              i++;

          }

          i=0;

          while(i<n) //in this while loop first i calculate the denominator part i.e (1/mtbf[i])+(1/mtbf[i])...

          {

              result+=(1.0/mtbf[i]);

              i++;

          }

          result1=1/result; //this value calculate the total MTBF of the system

          cout<<"\n The MTBF of SYSTEM is\t"<<result1;

          cout<<"\n Another system to check? enter 1 for yes";

          cin>>key;

      }while(key==1);      

}