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Reliability Analysis Procedures for Repairable Systems and Related Case Studies  

Lee, Sung-Hwan (KAIST)
Yum, Bong-Jin (KAIST)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology / v.9, no.2, 2006 , pp. 51-59 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to present reliability analysis procedures for repairable systems and apply the procedures for assessing the reliabilities of two subsystems of a specific group of military equipment based on field failure data. The mean cumulative function, M(t), the average repair rate, ARR(t), and analytic test methods are used to determine whether a failure process follows a renewal or non-renewal process. For subsystem A, the failure process turns out to follow a homogeneous Poisson process, and subsequently, its mean time between failures, availability, and the necessary number of spares are estimated. For subsystem B, the corresponding M(t) plot shows an increasing trend, indicating that its failure process follows a non-renewal process. Therefore, its M(t) is modeled as a power function of t, and a preventive maintenance policy is proposed based on the annual mean repair cost.
Keywords
Repairable System; Military Equipment; Renewal Process; HPP(Homogeneous Poisson Process); NHPP(Nonhomogeneous Poisson Process);
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