• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
• /
• 제4권1호
• /
• pp.27-40
• /
• 2003

Maintenance models involving minimal imperfect repair frequently appear in the literature of reliability and operations research. Most of the literatures concerning the stochastic behavior of repairable systems assume that it takes negligible time to repair a failed system and so the length of repair time does not affect the maintenance strategy. It is more realistic to consider the length of repair times in developing maintenance model, however. In this paper, we consider an imperfect repair model with random repair time and investigate some stochastic properties of the number of perfect repairs and the number of minimal repairs. Also we derive the expressions for evaluating the expected numbers of perfect and minimal repairs in general and apply these formulas for certain parametric life distributions.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
• /
• 제18권1호
• /
• pp.9-20
• /
• 2017

In this paper, we consider a renewable repair-replacement warranty strategy with age-dependent minimal repair service and propose an optimal maintenance model during post-warranty period. Such model implements the repair time limit under warranty and follows with a certain form of system maintenance strategy when the warranty expires. The expected cost rate is investigated per unit time during the life period of the system as for the standard for optimality. Based on the cost design defined for each failure of the system, the expected cost rate is derived during the life period of the system, considering that a renewable minimal repair-replacement warranty strategy with the repair time limit is provided to the customer under warranty. When the warranty is finished, the maintenance of the system is the customer's responsibility. The life period of the system is defined and the expected cost rate is developed from the viewpoint of the customer's perspective. We obtain the optimal maintenance strategy during the maintenance period by minimizing such a cost rate after a warranty expires. Numerical examples using field data are shown to exemplify the application of the methodologies proposed in this paper.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한전기학회 1998년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부 B
• /
• pp.457-459
• /
• 1998

This paper presents a 3-DOF hovering flight controller for a model helicopter using the minimal order LQG/LTR technique. A model helicopter is an unstable multi-input multi-output nonlinear system strongly exposed to disturbances, so a robust multi-variable control theory should be applied to control it. The minimal order LQG/LTR technique which uses a reduced-order observer in the LTR procedure is used to design the controller. Performances for the 3-DOF hovering flight controller are evaluated through computer simulations.

• 한국신뢰성학회지:신뢰성응용연구
• /
• 제6권3호
• /
• pp.195-203
• /
• 2006

This paper deals with cost analysis model in periodic maintenance policy. The repair policy with minimal repair is considered as follow : as the occurrence of failure between minimal repair and periodic interval time, unit is replaced by a new unit before the periodic maintenance time comes. Then total expected cost per unit time is calculated according to time delta t in a view of customer's. The total expected costs are included repair and usage cost : operating, fixed, minimal repair, periodic maintenance and new unit expected cost. Numerical example is shown in which failure time of item has Normal distribution.

• 한국신뢰성학회지:신뢰성응용연구
• /
• 제6권2호
• /
• pp.151-161
• /
• 2006

This article is concerned with cost analysis model in periodic maintenance policy. The repair policy is differently applied according as unit importance during an item being used and unit restoration during an item being failed. So in this paper the repair policy with minimal repair is considered as follow : as the occurrence of failure between minimal repair and periodic interval time, unit is replaced by a spare unit until the periodic maintenance time arrived. Then total expected cost per unit time is calculated according to scale parameter of failure distribution in a view of customer's. The total expected costs are included repair and usage cost : operating, fixed, minimal repair, periodic maintenance and spare unit cost. Numerical example is shown in which failure time of item has Erlang distribution.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
• /
• 제18권6호
• /
• pp.697-705
• /
• 2011

본 논문에서는 수리가 가능한 시스템에 대하여 무료 재생교체-비재생수리보증이 종료된 이후의 최적의 교체정책을 제안한다. 이를 위해서, 무료재생교체-비재생수리보증을 정의하고, 사용자 측면에서 무료재생교체-비재생수리보증이 종료된 이후의 보전모형을 고려한다. 최적의 보전정책을 결정하기 위한 기준으로는 사용자 측면의 단위시간당 기대비용을 사용하는데, 이러한 단위시간당 기대비용을 구하기 위해서 사용자측면의 기대순환길이와 총기대비용을 각각 유도한다. 끝으로 본 논문에서 제안된 무료 재생교체-비재생수리 보증이 종료된 이후의 최적의 교체정책을 설명하기 위해서 수치적 예를 살펴본다.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
• /
• 제12권2호
• /
• pp.117-122
• /
• 2011

In this paper, we suggest the optimal replacement policy following the expiration of repair warranty when the cost of minimal repair depends on the age of system. To do so, we first explain the replacement model under repair warranty. And then the optimal replacement policy following the expiration of repair warranty is discussed from the user's point of view. The criterion used to determine the optimality of the replacement model is the expected cost rate per unit time, which is obtained from the expected cycle length and the expected total cost for our replacement model. The numerical examples are given for illustrative purpose.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국철도학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 논문집
• /
• pp.475-480
• /
• 2001

In this study, a empirical equation which can be feasibly used to evaluate minimal track buckling strength without exact numerical analysis is presented. Parameter studies we carried out to investigate the effects of the individual factor on buckling strength. In order to simulate track buckling in the field as precisely as possible, a rigorous buckling model which accounts for all the important parameters is adopted. A empirical equation for prediction of minimal track buckling strength is derived by taking nonlinear regression of data which are obtained from numerical analyses. Its characteristics and applicability are investigated by comparing the results by the presented equation with the one by the equation which was presented in japan, and is frequently using in korea when designing track structure.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• /
• 제24권1호
• /
• pp.14-29
• /
• 1992

원자력 발전소에서 발생하는 공통원인 고장을 분석하기 위한 컴퓨터 코드 COMCAF를 개발하였다. 공통원인 고장을 다룰 때, 먼저 계통의 최소 단절집합들을 공통원인 기본사상들이 고려되지 않은 고장수목으로부터 구한다. 그리고, 공통원인 고장들이 같은 최소 단절집합내의 부품들간에 있는지 또는 서로 다른 최소 단절집합들의 부품들간에 있는지를 고려하여 이들 최소 단절집합들의 발생 확률값을 계산한다. 유사하거나 동일한 부품들간에 공통원인 고장이 있을때는 Basic Para-meter 모델을 사용한다. 그러나, 서로 다른 부품들간에 공통원인 고장이 있을때는 Basic Para-meter모델에 쓰인 Symmetry Assumption을 두개 이상의 부품에 영향을 주는 기본사상들에만 적용한다. Inclusion-Exclusion방법을 사용하여 정점사상확률간을 구한다. 이 경우 같은 최소 단절 집합들에 있는 부품들의 공통원인 고장뿐만아니라 서로 다른 최소 단절집합들에 있는 부품들의 공통원인 고장도 쉽게 고려될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 공통원인 고장분석을 가압경수로의 보조 급수계통에 적용하였다. 이들 정점사상의 확률값들을 공통원인 고장이 없는 경우와 비교하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
• /
• 제8권1호
• /
• pp.85-89
• /
• 1997

In this paper, we consider a random replacement model with minimal repair, which is a generalization of the random replacement model introduced Lee and Lee(1994). It is assumed that a system is minimally repaired when it fails and replaced only when the accumulated operating time of the system exceeds a threshold time by a supervisor who arrives at the system for inspection according to Poisson process. Assigning the corresponding cost to the system, we obtain the expected long-run average cost per unit time and find the optimum values of the threshold time and the supervisor's inspection rate which minimize the average cost.