Reliability analysis of a repairable k-out-of-n system with some components being suspended when the system is down

Xiaohu Li, Ming J. Zuo, Richard C.M. Yam

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)305-310
Number of pages6
JournalReliability Engineering and System Safety
Volume91
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2006

Keywords

  • Alternating renewal process
  • Exponential distributions
  • Mean time between failures
  • Unlimited repairs

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