• DocumentCode
    1354306
  • Title

    Mean Time to Failure for a Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F System

  • Author

    Papastavridis, Stavros ; Hadjichristos, John

  • Author_Institution
    Head Applied Mathematics Division; University of Patras; 261 10 Patras; GREECE
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    4/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    85
  • Lastpage
    86
  • Abstract
    A general formula is given for the mean time to failure of a consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system with equal component-failure probabilities. The special case of Weibuil life distribution is examined.
  • Keywords
    Failure analysis; Numerical stability; Reliability theory; Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system; System Mean Time to Failure;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1987.5222305
  • Filename
    5222305