Title :
Replacement policies for a cumulative damage model with minimal repair at failure
Author :
Nakagawa, Toshio ; Kijima, Masaaki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Aichi Inst. of Technol., Toyota, Japan
fDate :
12/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors apply periodic replacement with minimal repair at failure to cumulative damage models: a unit is replaced at time T , at shock N, or at damage Z and undergoes minimal repair between replacements. The mean cost-rate is obtained, and each optimal T*, N*, and Z* to minimize the cost-rate is discussed. A numerical example is given for an exponential case
Keywords :
failure analysis; maintenance engineering; reliability theory; cumulative damage model; mean cost-rate; minimal repair at failure; periodic replacement; reliability; Convolution; Corrosion; Cost function; Electric shock; Equations; Fatigue; Reliability theory;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
