DocumentCode
1488297
Title
The mean time-to-failure of some special series-parallel arrays
Author
Iyer, Srinivas
Author_Institution
Dept. of Stat., Bombay Univ., India
Volume
40
Issue
1
fYear
1991
fDate
4/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
20
Lastpage
21
Abstract
A method for finding the mean time-to-failure (MTTF) of parallel-series and series-parallel arrays is presented. The system itself is subject to two modes of failure, open and short, and all components states are mutually independent. Each item has the same failure-time distribution, and the probability of short failure of an item, given the failure of the item, is a constant. It is shown that the distribution of the lifetime of the system is a linear combination of the distributions of lifetimes of systems each of which is an ordinary series or parallel system of mutually independent components
Keywords
failure analysis; components states; failure-time distribution; mean time-to-failure; open failure; parallel-series arrays; probability; series-parallel arrays; short failure; system lifetime; Concurrent computing; Failure analysis; Independent component analysis; Logic devices; Probability; Time series analysis;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/24.75327
Filename
75327
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