Maintenance optimization of wind turbines: Lessons for the built environment

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2007 - Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 893-902

  Andrawus, Jesse ^a   Watson, John ^a   Kishk, Mohammed ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maintenance optimization; Monte Carlo simulation; Reliability block diagrams; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CORE BUSINESS; DESIGN-RELIABILITY; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY; MAINTENANCE OPTIMIZATION; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PHYSICAL ASSETS; RELIABILITY , AVAILABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITIES; RELIABILITY BLOCK DIAGRAMS; SCALE PARAMETER; SYSTEM FAILURES; TURBINE OPERATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND TURBINES;

MAINTAINABILITY;

EID: 84861061020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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