DocumentCode
1315891
Title
Reliability of a 2-Unit Standby Redundant System with Constrained Repair Time
Author
Arora, J.R.
Author_Institution
R & D Organisation, Ministry of Defence//96 M-Block, Church Road//New Delhi-110001 INDIA
Issue
3
fYear
1976
Firstpage
203
Lastpage
205
Abstract
This paper considers a 2-unit warm-standby redundant system with repair. The repair of a failed unit is constrained as follows: Associated with each failure of a unit is a random variable termed the Maximum-Repair-Time (MRT) of the failure. If the repair of a failed unit is not completed within the MRT, the unit is rejected for further use. Two types of failure stituations for the system are considered: 1) No allowed down time, and 2) Some allowed down time. Expressions for the Cdf of the Time to System Failure (TSF) and the mean TSF are derived by using Markov renewal processes.
Keywords
Convolution; Exponential distribution; Failure analysis; History; Markov processes; Random variables; Redundancy; Reliability theory; Time factors; Constrained repair time; Markov renewal process; Standby redundancy; System analysis;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TR.1976.5215040
Filename
5215040
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