Title :
Preventive Replacement of an Intermittently-Used System
Author :
Mine, Hisashi ; Kawai, Hajime ; Fukushima, Yasuyuki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Physics; Faculty of Engineering; Kyoto University; Kyoto 606 JAPAN.
Abstract :
This paper treats an intermittently-used system and proposes two preventive replacement policies. One policy is based on the number of uses and the other is based on the age of the system. Replacement policies which minimize the mean cost-rate of the system and the conditions under which preventive replacement is effective are derived.
Keywords :
Chromium; Convolution; Cost function; Frequency; Hazards; Mathematics; Physics; Random variables; Reliability theory; Sufficient conditions; Intermittent-use; Preventive replacement;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1981.5221132
