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 and Richard C.M. Yam

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2006, vol. 91, issue 3, 305-310

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.

Keywords: Mean time between failures; Exponential distributions; Unlimited repairs; Alternating renewal process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2005.01.010

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