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Reliability-Based Design of Systems Considering Preventive Maintenance and Minimal Repair

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G8, Canada

To whom correspondence should be addressed. Dr. Zuo is on leave at the City University of Hong Kong from July 1996 to June 1998. Mailing address: Department of Manufacturing Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Telephone: (852) 2788-8420, Fax: (852) 2788-8423

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Roger W. Toogood

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G8, Canada

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218539397000059Cited by:25 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

A reliability-based design (RBD) of a mixed series–parallel system with deteriorative components for minimal life cycle cost is presented in this paper. Two formulations are presented based on the type of preventive maintenance modeling. These formulations incorporate the effects of preventive maintenance and minimal repairs to adjust the system failure rate. Genetic Algorithms are used to obtain an optimal system design. The economic life of the designed system is also evaluated. The results have practical applications in the area of computer integrated manufacturing where a system must perform below a given failure rate.

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