• DocumentCode
    1890337
  • Title

    Calculating MTBF for modularized fault-trees

  • Author

    Scheeweiss, W.G.

  • Author_Institution
    FernUniv., Hagen
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    26-28 Jan 1993
  • Firstpage
    206
  • Lastpage
    213
  • Abstract
    It is shown that modularization is very helpful for determining system MTBF (mean time between failures) and/or related parameters such as mean system failure frequency and system MTTR (mean time to repair). An existence theorem for modules presented by R. Ashenhurst (1959) is brought to engineers´ attention. Some simple ways to find modules are discussed
  • Keywords
    failure analysis; modules; reliability theory; systems engineering; mean system failure frequency; mean time between failures; mean time to repair; modularized fault-trees; system MTBF; system MTTR; Boolean functions; Failure analysis; Fault trees; Frequency; Input variables; Maintenance; Polynomials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1993. Proceedings., Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Atlanta, GA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0943-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RAMS.1993.296854
  • Filename
    296854
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1890337