Reliability Analysis of a System Subject to Partial and Catastrophic Failures

1 October 1974

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Vol. R-23 (4) , 277-278
https://doi.org/10.1109/TR.1974.5215272

Abstract

This note considers a system which is subject to both partial and catastrophic failures. A Markov process, continuous in time and with three discrete states is used to demonstrate the effect of the throw-away maintenance philosophy on reliability.

Keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS
MARKOV PROCESSES
RELIABILITY ENGINEERING
LAPLACE EQUATIONS
PROBABILITY
DEGRADATION
RELIABILITY THEORY
MAINTENANCE
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

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