TY - JOUR
T1 - Reliability analysis of a repairable k-out-of-n system with some components being suspended when the system is down
AU - Li, Xiaohu
AU - Zuo, Ming J.
AU - Yam, Richard C.M.
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - A k-out-of-n system with independent exponential components is investigated. It is assumed that some working components are suspended as soon as the system is down, repair starts immediately when a component fails and repair times are independent and exponentially distributed. Formulas for various reliability indices of the system including mean time between failures, mean working time in a failure-repair cycle, and mean down time in a failure-repair cycle are derived.
AB - A k-out-of-n system with independent exponential components is investigated. It is assumed that some working components are suspended as soon as the system is down, repair starts immediately when a component fails and repair times are independent and exponentially distributed. Formulas for various reliability indices of the system including mean time between failures, mean working time in a failure-repair cycle, and mean down time in a failure-repair cycle are derived.
KW - Alternating renewal process
KW - Exponential distributions
KW - Mean time between failures
KW - Unlimited repairs
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ress.2005.01.010
DO - 10.1016/j.ress.2005.01.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:29144438135
SN - 0951-8320
VL - 91
SP - 305
EP - 310
JO - Reliability Engineering and System Safety
JF - Reliability Engineering and System Safety
IS - 3
ER -