A systems a Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM) of wind turbines

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages 814-823

  Igba, Joel ^a,b   Alemzadeh, Kazem ^a   Anyanwu Ebo, Ike ^b   Gibbons, Paul ^a   Friis, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Effects and criticlity analysis (FMECA); Failure mode; Gearboxes; Reliability centred maintenance (RCM); Systems engineering; Systems thinking; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897451975     PISSN: 18770509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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