A Replacement Policy for Components of a Pure Series System Utilizing One Component as an Indicator of Replacement Time.
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to develop a replacement policy. The policy will be for systems consisting of 'N' independently failing subsystems in a series configuration. The decision to replace a component of the system will be determined by a certain number of failures of another component in the system. This paper offers general equations adaptable for different time to failure distributions and it contains a specific example. The specific example is done showing all mathematical developments and results are given in tabular form. Finally, the replacement policy derived in the paper is compared to a more conventional replacement policy and the results show that the developed replacement policy's relative cost is approximately the same as the optimal solution. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA024979
Entities
People
- Michael G. Orrell