Profit analysis of a two-unit standby system with two types of repair and preventive maintenance

1986 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.R. Goel ◽  
Rakesh Gupta ◽  
A.K. Rastogi
1990 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 649-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh Gupta ◽  
Sachendra Bansal ◽  
L.R. Goel

Author(s):  
S. C. MALIK ◽  
SUDESH K. BARAK

The purpose of the present study is to determine reliability measures of a two-unit cold standby system with preventive maintenance and repair. The units are identical in nature subject to constant failure from normal mode. Preventive maintenance of the operative unit is carried out after a pre-specific time "t" up to which no failure occurs. However, repair of the unit is done at its failure. The unit works as new after repair and preventive maintenance. The switch devices are perfect. The distributions of failure time and the time by which unit undergoes for preventive maintenance are taken as negative exponential while that of preventive maintenance and repair times are assumed as arbitrary with different probability density functions. The random variables associated with failure, preventive maintenance and repair times are statistically independent. The semi-Markov process and regenerative point technique are adopted to derive the expressions for system performance measures in steady state. The graphical behavior of MTSF, availability and profit function have been observed with respect to preventive maintenance rate for particular values of other parameters and costs.


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