Availability Analysis of a Repairable Series-Parallel System with Redundant Dependency

Hu, Linmin; Yue, Dequan; Ma, Zhao

doi:10.1007/s11424-019-8039-x

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“…Availability and reliability of a parallel system Lagrange multiplier, penalty function methods [85] Constant failure rate Steady state availability of repairable series-parallel system Markov theory [22] Redundancy allocation, failure, and repair rates Availability and cost of repairable systems Efficient cuckoo optimization algorithm…”

Section: Reliability Of the Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Estimation and Optimization for System Availability Under Preventive Maintenance

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Engineers design systems to be reliable and work to fulfil their missions without failure for a specific period. However, the system components deteriorate with time and lead to its failures. A frequent system failure increases the management costs, hence posing a challenge to decision-makers. Therefore, for the avoidance of frequent system failures, preventive maintenance is necessary. The objective of any manufacturing firm is to maximize profit and minimize costs. The interval for preventive maintenance can be optimized if the system's availability is maximized and its cost function minimized. This study evaluates the availability and cost function for a continuous operating series-parallel system under a fixed time environment. A multiobjective model is formulated to maximize the availability and minimize the cost function of the system. The study illustrated a numerical example and solved using goal programming (GP), fuzzy goal programming (FGP), genetic algorithm (GA), and particle swarm optimization (PSO) techniques. The results are compared using a robust statistical test and, the PSO proves to be better. A simulation study was carried out further to evaluate the availability and cost function using R and MATLAB packages.

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Section: Reliability Of the Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%