THE PROBLEM OF THE INFLUENCE OF AUTOMATIC MONITORING ON THE RELIABILITY OF SYSTEMS WITH REDUNDANCY,

Abstract

Systems with active parallel redundancy in which reserve elements (RE) are controlled by check-and switchover (ChS) units is considered. A set of differential equations describes the reliability conditions in terms of failure rates and r sub m (probability that a branch failure is accompanied by elimination or self-elimination of RE). As a result, the probability of successful operation of the entire system is determined. These particular cases are considered: (1) failure rates are constant in time (exponential law of distribution of reliable-operation time); (2) a definite ratio of failure rates of RE and ChS; (3) reliability characteristics of RE and ChS do not change when the number of branches changes; starting from a certain value of the redundancy rate, the probability of successful operation decreases. When the probability of RE self-elimination is sufficiently high, ChS devices are superfluous.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 02, 1969
Accession Number
AD0696164

Entities

People

  • L. S. Tarasova
  • T. D. Zolkover
  • V. I. Perov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Differential Equations
  • Elimination
  • Equations
  • Mathematics
  • Probability
  • Redundancy
  • Reliability

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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