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Establishing Method of RAM Objective Considering Combat Readiness and Field Data of Similarity Equipment  

Kim, Kyung-Yong (RAM Team, Defense Agency for Technology and Quality)
Bae, Suk-Joo (Department of Industrial Engineering, Hanyang University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering / v.32, no.3, 2009 , pp. 127-134 More about this Journal
Abstract
RAM(Reliability, Availability, Maintainability) is important performance factor to keep combat readiness and optimize operational and maintenance cost of weapon systems. This paper discusses the method to establish RAM for combat readiness by using field failure data from similarity equipments. Operational availability is estimated from a binomial distribution function of user's operational conditions such as combat readiness preservation probability, operational rate, operational availability and total number of equipment. Reliability and maintainability is estimated from field failure data from similarity equipment to accomplish operational availability. The effectiveness of established RAM is verified through analysis of combat readiness preservation probability and mission reliability. A case study of weapon system illustrates the process of the proposed method.
Keywords
RAM Objective; Combat Readiness; Field Failure Data; Binomial Distribution;
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