DocumentCode
1316768
Title
Optimum Preventive Maintenance Policies for a 2-Unit Redundant System
Author
Nakagawa, Toshio ; Osaki, Shunji
Author_Institution
Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. 13210.; Department of Mathematics, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan.
Issue
2
fYear
1974
fDate
6/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
86
Lastpage
91
Abstract
Optimum preventive maintenance policies are discussed to maximize the availability for a 2-unit standby redundant system. The Laplace-Stieltjes transform of the pointwise availability and the steady-state availability are derived by applying a unique modification of the regeneration point techniques under the assumptions that all the distributions are arbitrary. A theorem gives the optimum preventive maintenance time which is a unique and finite solution of the equation under certain conditions. A numerical example is presented.
Keywords
Availability; Equations; Industrial engineering; Maintenance engineering; Preventive maintenance; Random variables; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory; Steady-state; Transforms;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TR.1974.5215213
Filename
5215213
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