DocumentCode
1316414
Title
How to Hand-Calculate System Reliability and Safety Characteristics
Author
Fussell, J.B.
Author_Institution
Department of Nuclear Engineering//University of Tennessee//Knoxville, Tennessee 37916 USA
Issue
3
fYear
1975
Firstpage
169
Lastpage
174
Abstract
A simple method is given for calculating a) reliability characteristics of repairable and nonrepairable systems, and b) the importance of the individual system components. Assumptions made include independent component failures and constant failure and repair rates for the components. The methods can easily be implemented in a computer program that would be inexpensive to execute and would always overpredict (usually very slightly) the system failure characteristics.
Keywords
Availability; Design engineering; Displays; Failure analysis; Logic; Probability; Reliability engineering; Safety; Stress; Upper bound;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TR.1975.5215142
Filename
5215142
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