Age-dependent models for evaluating risks & costs of surveillance & maintenance of components

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 433-442

  Martorell, Ebastian ^a   Munoz, Aureli ^a   Serradell, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

A Safety; Age setback; Aging rate; Cost; Degradation rate; Demand failure probability; Maintenance effectiveness; Risk; Standby failure rate; Unavailability

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPONENTS; COSTS; DEGRADATION; EVALUATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGE DEPENDENT MODELS; AGING RATE; DEGRADATION RATE; DEMAND FAILURE PROBABILITY; MAINTENANCE EFFECTIVENESS; STAND BY FAILURE RATE; UNAVAILABILITY;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030245133     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.537014     Document Type: Article

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