Reliability and Maintainability Assessment of Industrial Systems: Assessment of Advanced Engineering Problems (Springer Series in Reliability Engineering)

✍ Scribed by Mangey Ram (editor), Hoang Pham (editor)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 347
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book covers advanced reliability and maintainability knowledge as applied to recent engineering problems. It highlights research in the fields of reliability measures of binary and complex engineering systems, cost analysis, simulations, optimizations, risk factors, and sensitivity analysis. The book scrutinizes various advanced tools and techniques, methodology, and concepts to solve the various engineering problems related to reliability and maintainability of the industrial system at minimum cost and maximum profit. It consists of 15 chapters and offers a platform to researchers, academicians, professionals and scientists to enhance their knowledge and understanding the concept of reliability in engineering.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
Editors and Contributors
Dynamic Availability Analysis for the Flexible Manufacturing System Based on a Two-Step Stochastic Model
1 Introduction
2 Problem Description
3 The Two-Step Stochastic Model
3.1 Step 1: Establishment of the Equivalent FMC Model
3.2 Step 2: Establishment of the Dynamic Availability of the Equivalent FMS
4 Numerical Example
5 Conclusion
References
Integrated Reliability and Risk Assessments of Nuclear Facilities
1 Introduction
2 Nuclear Facilities Under the Scope of Analysis
3 Reliability and Risk Assessments During Facility Lifetime
4 Reliability of Items Important to Safety
4.1 Deterministic and Probabilistic Safety Analysis
4.2 Reliability Characteristics
4.3 Reliability Engineering Tools
4.4 Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) of Items Important to Safety
4.5 Human Reliability
5 Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)
5.1 PRA Steps
5.2 PRA Tools
5.3 Risk and Reliability Acceptance Criteria
6 Integrated Approach of Reliability and Risk Assessments
7 Case Study of Integrated Reliability and Risk Assessments
8 Concluding Remarks
References
Computational Tools of Media Analysis for Corporate Policy Effectiveness Evaluation: Models and Their Reliability
1 Introduction
2 Theory and Methodology of Topic Mining
3 Application of Topic Mining Algorithms to Real-Life Problems in Business and Public Administration
3.1 Policy Problem: Corporate Reputation Vulnerability
3.2 Data
3.3 Preprocessing
3.4 Latent Dirichlet Allocation
3.5 Hierarchical Dirichlet Process
3.6 Manual Labeling
4 Comparing Three Different Topic Mining Algorithms: Advantages and Disadvantages of Each Method for Practical Problem-Solving in Business
References
Optimal Design of Checkpoint Systems with General Structures, Tasks and Schemes
1 Introduction
2 Standard Model
3 General Checkpoint Models
3.1 General Stractures
3.2 Examples of Redundant Modules
3.3 Two Kinds of Random Tasks
3.4 Two Schemes of Checkpoints
4 Four Examples of Random Tasks
4.1 Model 1
4.2 Model 2
4.3 Model 3
5 Conclusion
References
Series System Reliability: An Unified Approach Using Fatal Shock and Stress Models
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
2.1 Series Systems with n Components
2.2 Fatal Shock and Stress Methods
2.3 Inference Methods for a Series System
3 Probabilistic Models
4 Data Application: Operation Time of a Series System
5 Conclusion
References
The New Attempt of Network Reliability in the Assessment of Business Activities for Precision Management
1 Introduction
2 Mathematical Preliminaries
2.1 Process Modeling
2.2 Performance Evaluation of a Process at Time t
3 The SA Approach
3.1 Stage One—Searching for MPs
3.2 Stage Two—Searching for d-MPs
3.3 Stage Three—Evaluating the Network Reliability via Union Probability
4 The Assessment of Individuals and Groups
4.1 The Performance Indicators for Individuals
4.2 The Performance Indicators for Groups
4.3 The Assessments
5 The Bonus Dispatching for the Process
6 The Case Studies
6.1 Discussions of the Case Study on Precision Management
7 Conclusion
References
Optimal Design of Reliability Acceptance Sampling Plans for Multi-stage Production Process
1 Introduction
2 Design of Single Sampling Plan (SSP) Under Type II Censoring
2.1 Formation of Optimization Problem and Its Solution
3 Construction of Double Sampling Plan (DSP) Under Type II Censoring
4 Numerical Results and Comparisons
5 Comparisons of Single Sampling and Double Sampling Plans
6 Sensitivity Analysis of Sampling Plans
7 Some Case Studies
8 Conclusions
References
The Importance of Technical Diagnostics for Ensuring the Reliability of Industrial Systems
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Settings of Industrial Systems Maintenance
2.1 Maintenance Strategies and Concepts
2.2 Condition Based Maintenance Strategy
3 Technical Diagnostics—Basis of Condition Based Maintenance
3.1 The Concept of Technical Diagnostics
3.2 Condition, Changes and Condition Control of the Technical System
3.3 Technical Diagnostic Processes
3.4 Technical Diagnostic Methods
3.5 Methods of Measurement and Analysis of Vibrations
3.6 Concept, Classification and Digital Signal Processing
3.7 Importance of Technical Diagnostics on the Reliability of Technical Systems
4 Application of Technical Diagnostics in Industrial Practice
4.1 Description of the Reference Event
5 Discussion of Results
6 Conclusion
References
Reliability Assessment of Replaceable Shuffle Exchange Network with an Additional Stage Using Interval-Valued Universal Generating Function
1 Introduction
2 Assumptions
3 Notations
4 Definitions
5 Terminal Reliability of SEN+
6 Broadcast Reliability of SEN+
7 Network Reliability of SEN+
8 Numerical Illustration
8.1 Terminal Reliability of the Replaceable SEN + under Consideration by Using the IUGF Approach
8.2 MTTF of the SEN + under Consideration
8.3 Broadcast Reliability of the Considered Replaceable sEN + by Using the Method of IUGF
8.4 MTTF of the SEN +
8.5 Network Reliability of the Replaceable SEN + using IUGF Approach
8.6 MTTF of the SEN+
9 Result and Discussion
10 Conclusion
References
Modeling Software Vulnerability Injection-Discovery Process Incorporating Time-Delay and VIKOR Based Ranking
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
3 Methodology
3.1 Modeling Framework
4 Data Analysis and Model Validation
4.1 Estimation of Parameters
4.2 Goodness-of-Fit Criteria
4.3 Graphical Approach (Goodness of Fit)
4.4 VIKOR Analysis
4.5 Illustrated Examples
5 Conclusion
References
Assessment of Reliability Function and Signature of Energy Plant Complex System
1 Introduction
2 Evolution of the Signature, Minimal Signature, Tail Signature and Cost from Structure Function of the Proposed Model
3 Model Description
4 Numerical Example
5 Result and Discussion
6 Conclusion
References
Reliability Evaluation and Cost Optimization of Solar Air-Conditioner
1 Introduction
2 Working of Solar Air-Conditioner
3 Assumptions and Notations
4 Mathematical Modelling
4.1 Formulation of the Model
4.2 Solution of the Model
4.3 Availability
4.4 Reliability Analysis
4.5 Mean Time to Failure
4.6 MTTF Sensitivity
4.7 Reliability Sensitivity
5 Optimization of Cost of a Solar Air Conditioner Using PSO
6 Results Analysis
7 Conclusion
References
Analyzing Interrelationships Among Software Vulnerabilities Using Fuzzy DEMATEL Approach
1 Introduction
2 Research Methodology
2.1 Dataset Description
2.2 Fuzzy DEMATEL Approach
3 Data Analysis
4 Conclusion
References
Universal Generating Function Approach for Evaluating Reliability and Signature of All-Digital Protection Systems
1 Introduction
1.1 Definitions
1.2 Alternative System Structure Designs
1.3 System Reliability Block Diagram
1.4 Universal Generating Function (UGF)
1.5 Assessment of System Reliability
1.6 Signature Reliability
1.7 Signature of ADPS
1.8 Algorithm for Finding Expected Lifetime of the ADPS with Minimal Signature
1.9 Mean Time to Failure (Expected Lifetime) of the All-Digital Protection System
2 Conclusion
References
Reliability Analysis of 8 × 8 SEN- Using UGF Method
1 Introduction
2 Preliminaries
2.1 Interconnection Network
2.2 Multistage Interconnection Network (MIN)
2.3 Universal Generating Function (UGF)
3 Shuffle Exchange Network with One Stage Less (SEN-)
3.1 New SEN-
4 Reliability Analysis of SEN-
4.1 Terminal Reliability
4.2 Broadcast Reliability
4.3 Network Reliability
5 Conclusion
References