A load-capacity interference model for common-mode failures in 1-out-of-2: G systems

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-51

  Lewis, E E ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta factor; Common mode failure; Load capacity interference; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REDUNDANCY;

BETA FACTOR; COMMON MODE FAILURE; G REDUNDANT SYSTEM; LOAD-CAPACITY INTERFERENCE THEORY;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0035265883     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.935017     Document Type: Article

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