• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2018

Maintenance activities are regarded as a key part of the repairable deteriorating system because they maintain the equipment in good condition. In practice, many maintenance policies are used in engineering fields to reduce unexpected failures and slow down the deterioration of the system. However, in traditional maintenance policies, maintenance activities have often been assumed to be performed at the same time interval, which may result in higher operational costs and more system failures. Thus, this study presents two non-periodic preventive maintenance (PM) policies for repairable deteriorating systems, employing the failure rate of the system as a conditional variable. In the proposed PM models, the failure rate of the system was restored via the failure rate reduction factors after imperfect PM activities. Operational costs were also considered, which increased along with the operating time of the system and the frequency of PM activities to reflect the deterioration process of the system. A numerical example was provided to illustrate the proposed PM policy. The results showed that PM activities performed at a low failure rate threshold slowed down the degradation of the system and thus extended the system lifetime. Moreover, when the operational cost was considered in the proposed maintenance scheme, the system replacement was more cost-effective than frequent PM activities in the severely degraded system.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2009

There are customer services jointly provided by two facilities so that each customer will complete the course made up of both facilities' sub-services. The two facilities are assumed invested respectively by an infrastructure owner and one subordinate facility owner, whose partnership is built on their capital investments. This paper presents a mathematical model of Stackelberg competition between the two facility owners to derive their optimal Nash equilibrium. In this study, each facility owner's profit is consisted of fixed revenue fractions of sold services, operating costs (including depreciation cost) and maintenance costs of her facility. The maintenance costs of one facility are incurred both by failures and deterioration due to usage. Moreover, for both facilities, failures are rectified immediately by minimal repairs and preventive maintenance is carried out at a fixed time epoch. Additional assumptions are also employed to develop the model such as customer arrivals are manipulated to follow a Poisson process, and each facility's lifetime is independently Weibull-distributed. The Stackelberg game proceeds as follows. At the first stage of decision making process, the infrastructure owner (acting as a leader) decides the allocation of revenue shares based on her self-interest. After observing the allocation of revenue shares, the subordinate facility owner determines her own optimal price of services. This paper investigates actions and reactions of the two partners in the system. Then analytical conditions are proposed to achieve a unique optimal Nash equilibrium. Finally, some suggestions for further research are discussed.

• International Journal of Quality Innovation
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.15-23
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• 2006

A spare ordering policy is considered for planned maintenance. Introducing the ordering, uptime, downtime, inventory costs and salvage value, we derive the expected cost effectiveness. The problem is to determine jointly the ordering time for a spare and the preventive replacement time for the operating unit which maximize the expected cost effectiveness. Some properties regarding the optimal policy are derived, and a numerical example is included to explain the proposed model.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제19권39호
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• pp.89-98
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• 1996

This paper is concerned with cost analysis model in free -replacement policy under the periodic maintenance policy The free-replacement policy with minimal repairable item is considered as follows; in a manufacturer's view point operating unit is periodically replaced, if a failure occurs between minimal repair and periodic maintenance time, unit is remained in a failure condition. Also unit undergoes minimal repair at failures in minimal-repair interval. Then total expected cost per unit time is calculated according to maintenance period Tin a viewpoint of consumer's. The expected costs are included repair cost and usage cost: operating, fixed, minimal repair and loss cost. Numerical example is shown in which failure time of item has beta distribution.

• 풍력에너지저널
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2023

This paper aims to perform optimal operation and maintenance with an integrated monitoring system for offshore wind platforms. Based on the wind direction and wind speed data of existing wind farms, a monitoring system was established along with weather and weather data to maximize the operational efficiency of wind farms. Compared to wind power on land, offshore wind power is difficult to maintain due to weather, logistics and geographical limitations. Therefore, economic analysis of actual operation and maintenance is essential for large-scale offshore wind farms. In this paper, the availability of offshore wind farms was analyzed by using personnel resources, parts inventory, Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) and Specialized service Operation Vessel (SOV) etc. before the actual operation and maintenance of wind farms. A comparative analysis was conducted to determine the optimum operating efficiency and economical maintenance costs.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.131-142
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• 2007

생애주기비용을 고려한 교량의 설계 및 유지관리에 있어서, 점검진단, 보수보강 등에 소요되는 직접적인 비용뿐만 아니라 간접적인 비용인 도로이용자비용은 중요한 비용항목으로 고려되고 있다. 직접비용과 비교하여 상대적으로 추정이 곤란한 도로이용자비용의 추정을 위하여 우회도로의 효과를 고려한 이용자지연비용과 차량운행비용의 정식화를 수행하고, 시간지체에 따른 도로이용자비용의 추정을 위한 회귀모델 개발을 위하여 교통해석과 회귀분석을 수행하였다. 개발된 회귀모델을 생애주기 비용 및 성능 기반 유지관리 전략 수립에 적용하여 도로이용자비용이 생애주기분석에 미치는 영향을 분석하고, 개발된 모델의 적용성에 대해서 고찰하였다. 도로이용자비용은 생애주기분석에 기초한 유지관리전략수립에 큰 영향을 미치며, 개발된 회귀모델은 교량의 도로이용자비용의 추정에 실용적으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.521-529
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• 2015

Owing to a reliance on imported products from Europe and Japan, the use of logistics equipment with poor energy efficiency coupled with high maintenance costs can lead to high operating costs for some domestic logistic centers. To lower their operating costs, the logistic centers use motorized roller conveyors. In order to commercialize this process, it is necessary to establish the test criteria and assess the reliability of the process. Currently, there exists no standard verification method to test the reliability of motorized roller conveyors. In this study, we propose reliability assessment criteria for a: i) reliability test, ii) environmental test, iii) safety test, and iv) lifetime test.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.3-11
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• 2013

최근 핵가족화, 맞벌이 부부의 증가로 인해 장시간 보육시설에 맡겨지는 영유아의 수가 증가하고 있으며, 보육시설의 중요성이 증대되고 있다. 특히, 외부환경에 민감한 영유아들에게 보육시설의 물리적 환경은 필수적인 관리대상이다. 현재, 국 공립 보육시설은 시설운영 및 유지관리비를 지방자치단체로부터 지원받고 있으나, 불공평한 지원문제를 가지고 있다. 왜냐하면, 시설규모나 유지관리 항목에 따른 시설 개 보수비 산정기준이 부족하고, 보육시설 운영유지를 위해 사용되는 보육시설 세출 예산과목 중 시설비와 시설 장비 유지비가 현실적이지 않기 때문이다. 이러한 이유로 한정된 예산으로 보육시설의 유지보수 항목을 적절하게 배분할 수 있는 방안이 요구된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 국 공립 보육시설물의 실내외 시설 설비 등 33개의 운영유지항목을 정리하고, 설문조사를 통해 각 운영유지 항목의 중요도를 산정하였다. 이를 통하여, 실무자가 적정한 시설운영유지항목을 바탕으로 한정된 예산으로 보육시설 운영유지를 효율적으로 관리할 수 있도록 지원하고자 하였다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2016

도시철도 운영기관은 전동차의 설계수명이 도래하기 전에 신규차량 도입 시기를 결정해야 한다. 최근 널리 활용되고 있는 생애주기비용(LCC; Life Cycle Cost) 연구는 현재 운행 중인 분석대상 전동차에 직접적으로 소요되는 비용만을 고려하며 신규차량 도입으로 인한 유지보수비용의 절감효과, 사회적비용 등을 고려하지 않아 신규차량 구매 시기에 따른 비용을 종합적으로 판단하기 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 LCC에서 활용되는 비용과 노후화에 따른 고장 및 안전사고로 인한 운영기관의 부대비용, 피해승객의 사회적 비용을 포함하고, 신규차량의 구매 시기에 따른 대안별 비용분석, 할인율 변화에 따른 민감도를 분석하였다. 세월호 사고 이후 안전사고에 대한 국민적 경각심이 높은 점을 감안할 때 차량 도입 시기에 대한 의사결정 과정에서 부대비용과 사회적비용을 함께 고려할 필요가 있으며, 본 연구결과 이러한 비용의 포함여부 및 할인율에 따라 대안의 경제적 우선순위가 변동될 수 있음을 보여주었다. 이는 향후 차량수급 중장기 경영계획 수립을 위한 의사결정에 큰 시사점을 줄 것으로 판단된다.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.183-190
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• 2003

Rail breaks and derailments can cause a huge loss to rail players due to loss of service, revenue, property or even life. Maintenance has huge impact on reliability and safety of railroads. It is important to identify factors behind rail degradation and their risks associated with rail breaks and derailments. Development of mathematical models is essential for prediction and prevention of risks due to rail and wheel set damages, rail breaks and derailments. This paper addresses identification of hazard modes, estimation of probability of those hazards under operating, curve and environmental condition, probability of detection of potential hazards before happening and severity of those hazards for informed strategic decisions. Emphasis is put on optimal maintenance and operational decisions. Real life data is used for illustration.