• DocumentCode
    1347789
  • Title

    Limitations of Minimal Cut-Set Approach in Evaluating Reliability of Systems with Repairable Components

  • Author

    Clarotti, C.A.

  • Author_Institution
    C.N.E.N., RIT-TECN Laboratorio Strumentazione; CSN Casaccia; S.P. Anguillarese km 1,3; 00100 Rome, ITALY.
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    335
  • Lastpage
    338
  • Abstract
    This work shows that, when system components are repairable, system reliability cannot be evaluated exactly by means of the fault tree approach; only a system reliability lower bound can be obtained.
  • Keywords
    Convolution; Fault trees; Kinetic theory; Laplace equations; Maintenance; Markov processes; Reliability theory; Upper bound; Bad as old; Good as new; Minimal cut parallel system; Renewal process;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1981.5221106
  • Filename
    5221106
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1347789