Analysis of reliability and availability of serial processes of plastic-pipe manufacturing plant: A case study

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 404-419

  Gupta, Pawan ^a   Lal, Arvind Kumar ^b   Sharma, Rajendra Kumar ^b   Singh, Jai ^c  

^a Government Model Sanskriti Senior Secondary School   (India)

^b THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Differential equations; Mean time between failures; Modelling; Pipes; Reliability management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947264629     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710710740563     Document Type: Article

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