• DocumentCode
    1344932
  • Title

    A 4-Unit Redundant System with Common-Cause Failures

  • Author

    Dhillon, Balbir S.

  • Author_Institution
    Business Administration; TG Div; Ontario Hydro; 700 University Avenue; Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X6 CANADA.
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1979
  • Firstpage
    267
  • Lastpage
    267
  • Abstract
    This note presents a mathematical model to represent a system containing 2-failure-mode devices with common-cause failures. Laplace transforms of the state probability equations are developed.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Biographies; Computer errors; Diodes; Hazards; Laplace equations; Mathematical model; Reliability theory; Valves; Common-cause failures; Failure modes; Redundant system;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1979.5220588
  • Filename
    5220588