Using Vector Projection Method to evaluate maintainability of mechanical system in design review

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-154

  Chen, Lu ^a   Cai, Jianguo ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Design for Maintenance; Factors; Guidelines; Maintainability; Vector Projection Method

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PRODUCT DESIGN; STANDARDS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

VECTOR PROJECTION METHOD;

MAINTAINABILITY;

EID: 0038337008     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(03)00075-9     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Military Standardization MIL-STD-721. Definitions of terms for reliability and maintainability, US Department of Defense. 1966.
2. Billatos SB, Basaly NA. Green technology and design for the environment. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis; 1997.
3. Thompson G. Improving maintainability and reliability through desgin. London: Professional Engineering Publishing Ltd; 1999.
4. Criscimagna, Ned H. Benchmarking of commercial reliability practices. J Reliab Anal Center 1997;5(4).
5. Takata S, Saito D. Facility model for life-cycle maintenance system. Ann CIRP 1995;44(1):117-211.
6. Vujosevic R, Raskar R. Simulation, animation and analysis of design disassembly for maintainability analysis. Prod Res 1995;33(11):2999-3022.
7. Wani MF, Gandhi OP. Development of maintainability index for mechanical systems. Reliab Engng Syst Saf 1999;(65):259-70.
8. Gong L. Study on the evaluation of automobile maintainability. Liaoning Transportation Technol 1999;8:46-8.
9. Saaty TL. The fundamentals of decision making and priority theory with the analytic hierarchy process. Pittsburgh, PA: RWS Publications; 1994.
10. Al-subhi KM, Al-Harbi. Application of the AHP in project management. Int J Project Manage 2001;(19):19-27.
11. Byun DH, Suh EH. A methodology for evaluating EIS software packages. J End User Comput 1996;8(2):21-31.
12. Lai VS, Trueblood RP, Wong BK. Software selection: a case study of the application of the analytic hierarchical process to the selection of a multimedia authoring system. Information Manage 1999;36:221-32.
13. Yang T, Kuo C. A hierarchical AHP/DEA methodology for the facilities layout design problem. Eur J Oper Res 2003;147:128-36.
14. Kaufmann A, Gupta MM. Introduction to fuzzy arithmetic: theory and applications. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold; 1985.
15. Zadeh LA. Fuzzy sets. Inform Control 1965;8:338-53.
16. Chen CT. A fuzzy approach to select the location of the distribution center. Fuzzy Sets Syst 2001;118:65-73.
17. Karsak EE. Tolga E. Fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making procedure for evaluating advanced manufacturing system investments. Int J Prod Econ 2001;69:49-64.
18. Ammar S, Wright R. Applying fuzzy-set theory to performance evaluation. Socio-Econ Plann Sci 2000;34:285-302.
19. Military Standardization Handbook MIL-HDBK-472. Maintainability Prediction, US Department of Defense. 1966.
20. Fu H. Design for disassembly and recycling. PhD Dissertation, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China. 2000.