Applications of SPICE simulation software to the study of reliability and availability in electrical engineering education

Author

Abuelma´atti, Muhammad Taher ; Qamber, Isa Salman

Author_Institution

King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Volume

45

Issue

3

fYear

2002

fDate

8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

209

Lastpage

217

Abstract

The effectiveness of SPICE in calculating probabilities, reliability, steady-state availability, and mean time to failure of repairable systems described by Markov models is demonstrated. Two examples are presented. The first example is a two-unit, warm standby, microcomputer system with self-reset function and repair facility. The second example is a robotic system comprising two identical robots and one safety system. In both cases, the results obtained using SPICE are compared with previously published results obtained using the Laplace transform method. Full SPICE listings are included.

Keywords

Markov processes; digital simulation; electrical engineering computing; electrical engineering education; failure analysis; reliability; Laplace transform method; Markov models; SPICE simulation software; availability; electrical engineering education; mean time to failure; reliability; repair facility; repairable systems; robotic system; robots; safety system; self-reset function; steady-state availability; two-unit warm standby microcomputer system; Application software; Availability; Electrical engineering education; Laplace equations; Microcomputers; Probability; Robots; SPICE; Safety; Steady-state;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TE.2002.1024612

Filename

1024612