• DocumentCode
    893094
  • Title

    A Multi-Step Stress-Strength Model of a Parallel System

  • Author

    Necsulescu, Dan S. ; Krausz, Alexander S.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Ottawa, Ottawa
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    4/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    119
  • Lastpage
    123
  • Abstract
    The paper evaluates the reliability of a shared-load parallel system. Each component is subject to a load that depends on the number of currently failed elements. For a finite number of load applications to the system a discrete-time Markov model was developed. Numerical examples are given for the reliability dynamics of a system whose components equally share the load. The accuracy of the results is evaluated for a limited number of non-zero diagonals calculated for the transition matrix.
  • Keywords
    Art; Degradation; Markov processes; Mechanical systems; Probability; Reliability theory; Stress;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1986.4335369
  • Filename
    4335369