A condition-based maintenance policy considering failure dependence and imperfect inspection for a two-component system

2021 ◽  
pp. 108069
Author(s):  
Nan Zhang ◽  
Kaiquan Cai ◽  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Tian Wang
Keyword(s):  
Condition Based Maintenance ◽  
Maintenance Policy ◽  
Two Component System ◽  
Component System ◽  
Two Component ◽  
Failure Dependence

Availability and maintenance modeling for a two-component system with dependent failures over a finite time horizon

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingan Qiu ◽  
Lirong Cui ◽  
Dejing Kong
Keyword(s):  
Finite Time ◽  
Time Horizon ◽  
Maintenance Policy ◽  
Two Component System ◽  
Component System ◽  
Two Component ◽  
Optimal Maintenance ◽  
Finite Time Horizon ◽  
Failure Interaction ◽  
Optimal Maintenance Policy

This article studies the availability and optimal maintenance policy for a two-component system with failure interaction over a finite time horizon. Failure of component 1 is soft and can only be detected by inspections. Failure of component 2 is hard and self-announcing. Each hard failure acts as a shock to the first component and increases its hazard rate. Periodic and opportunistic inspections (offered by failures of component 2) are used to reveal the failure of component 1 and followed by replacement decisions. Furthermore, age-based preventive replacement is performed for component 1. Under this maintenance policy, a recursive method is developed to obtain the availability measure of component 1. Furthermore, the total maintenance cost of component 1 over a finite time horizon is analyzed. The objective is to find the optimal maintenance policy for component 1 such that the expected total cost is minimized. A case study on electrical distribution system is provided to validate the effectiveness of the adopted approach.

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