RELIABILITY OF SERIES, PARALLEL, AND QUAD REDUNDANCIES WITH DEPENDENTLY FAILING COMPONENTS,
Abstract
General reliability equations are developed for redundancy networks of the series, parallel, and quad configurations composed of components which may fail in an open or short mode. The development of the equations considers the dependence of component failure frequencies - - the fact that when one redundant component fails, the failure frequencies of the remaining components in the network may change due to a change in component operating stress level. Specific networks are analyzed using the derived equations, and the resulting reliability figure is compared with the result obtained when independence of component failure frequencies is assumed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0425718
Entities
People
- Harvey B. Blanton Jr.
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology