Title :
Availability and Reliability of a Series-Parallel System with a Single Repair Facility
Author_Institution :
Department of Mathematics//Indian Institute of Technology//Bombay 400076, INDIA
Abstract :
The paper analyses the availability and reliability of a 1-server parallel-unit cold-standby system; each unit consists of several series components. The failure rate of a component is constant; its repair time distribution is arbitrary. Explicit expressions for the Laplace transform of the mean down-time of the system and for the mean time to system failure have been obtained by locating suitable regenerative stochastic phenomena.
Keywords :
Availability; Failure analysis; Integral equations; Laplace equations; Reliability theory; Stochastic processes; Stochastic systems; Time series analysis; USA Councils;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1975.5215162
