Title :
Maintainability level evaluation based on distribution characteristics for a certain type of equipment
Author :
Yanjiang Zhou ; Guibou Yu ; Zhanjie Yuan ; Qing Hong ; Qiao Ma
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Artillery Eng., Ordnance Eng. Coll., Shijiazhuang, China
Abstract :
This paper builds a maintenance time distribution model through analyzing 110 equipment maintenance time field data. It is found that maintenance time is in conformity to the logarithmic normal distribution. Therefore its maintainability characteristic functions are obtained (mainly including: m(t), M(t), μ(t)). Evaluation is performed on its maintainability level, and then references could be provided for design and maintenance decision-making departments.
Keywords :
maintenance engineering; normal distribution; distribution characteristics; equipment maintenance time field data; logarithmic normal distribution; maintainability level evaluation; maintenance time distribution model; Analytical models; Decision making; Distribution functions; Educational institutions; Gaussian distribution; Maintenance engineering; Mathematical model; equipment; logarithmic normal distribution; maintainability; maintenance decision-making;
Conference_Titel :
Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering (QR2MSE), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1014-4
DOI :
10.1109/QR2MSE.2013.6625841