• DocumentCode
    1316524
  • Title

    Availability and Reliability of a Series-Parallel System with a Single Repair Facility

  • Author

    Gopalan, M.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Mathematics//Indian Institute of Technology//Bombay 400076, INDIA
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1975
  • Firstpage
    219
  • Lastpage
    220
  • Abstract
    The paper analyses the availability and reliability of a 1-server parallel-unit cold-standby system; each unit consists of several series components. The failure rate of a component is constant; its repair time distribution is arbitrary. Explicit expressions for the Laplace transform of the mean down-time of the system and for the mean time to system failure have been obtained by locating suitable regenerative stochastic phenomena.
  • Keywords
    Availability; Failure analysis; Integral equations; Laplace equations; Reliability theory; Stochastic processes; Stochastic systems; Time series analysis; USA Councils;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1975.5215162
  • Filename
    5215162