Reliability Analysis for Airfield Lighting Systems.

Abstract

This report presents a model for performing reliability analyses of airfield lighting systems. A set of consecutive coefficients was developed to account for system failure criteria which include random light outages, consecutive light outages, and consecutive light bar failures. Probability theory and simulation techniques are used with the consecutive coefficients to determine system reliability. A computerized version of the model was used in a sensitivity analysis to determine the effect on system reliability of parameters such as unit reliability, system configuration, maintenance strategy, and unit performance characteristics. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA054309

Entities

People

  • E. S. Lindow
  • F. Kuo

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Commercial Equipment
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Lighting Equipment
  • Linear Systems
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.