Reliability Analysis and Maintenance Optimization of Complex Systems

Reliability Analysis and Maintenance Optimization of Complex Systems
Author: Qian Qian Zhao
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-11-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9783031702877

This book is a comprehensive guide to methodologies for analyzing reliability and optimizing maintenance in complex systems, spanning from initial design to operational stages. The book comprises 20 chapters, each addressing different research topics in the reliability and maintenance of complex systems. These chapters are authored by esteemed professors and researchers in the field of reliability engineering, and they are organized as follows: System Reliability Modeling (8 chapters), Optimal Maintenance Models (4 chapters), System Performance and Availability Analysis (3 chapters), and Reliability Testing and Accelerated Life Tests (2 chapters). The remaining chapters focus on reliability testing and life data analysis. The book offers an in-depth exploration of various techniques, algorithms, and practical industry applications, making it an invaluable resource for researchers engaged in system reliability analysis and maintenance optimization, as well as for practical engineers and industrial managers. This book will be useful to students, researchers, and engineers in understanding the latest research issues and techniques in reliability and maintenance engineering.

Reliability and Maintenance of Complex Systems

Reliability and Maintenance of Complex Systems
Author: Süleyman Özekici
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 597
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3662032740

Complex high-technology devices are in growing use in industry, service sectors, and everyday life. Their reliability and maintenance is of utmost importance in view of their cost and critical functions. This book focuses on this theme and is intended to serve as a graduate-level textbook and reference book for scientists and academics in the field. The chapters are grouped into five complementary parts that cover the most important aspects of reliability and maintenance: stochastic models of reliability and maintenance, decision models involving optimal replacement and repair, stochastic methods in software engineering, computational methods and simulation, and maintenance management systems. This wide range of topics provides the reader with a complete picture in a self-contained volume.

Reliability and Safety of Complex Technical Systems and Processes

Reliability and Safety of Complex Technical Systems and Processes
Author: Krzysztof Kołowrocki
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2011-07-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0857296949

Reliability and Safety of Complex Technical Systems and Processes offers a comprehensive approach to the analysis, identification, evaluation, prediction and optimization of complex technical systems operation, reliability and safety. Its main emphasis is on multistate systems with ageing components, changes to their structure, and their components reliability and safety parameters during the operation processes. Reliability and Safety of Complex Technical Systems and Processes presents integrated models for the reliability, availability and safety of complex non-repairable and repairable multistate technical systems, with reference to their operation processes and their practical applications to real industrial systems. The authors consider variables in different operation states, reliability and safety structures, and the reliability and safety parameters of components, as well as suggesting a cost analysis for complex technical systems. Researchers and industry practitioners will find information on a wide range of complex technical systems in Reliability and Safety of Complex Technical Systems and Processes. It may prove an easy-to-use guide to reliability and safety evaluations of real complex technical systems, both during their operation and at the design stages.

Reliability Assessment and Optimization of Complex Systems

Reliability Assessment and Optimization of Complex Systems
Author: Akshay Kumar
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-11-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0443291136

Reliability Assessment and Optimization of Complex Systems delves into a range of tools and techniques for designing optimized complex systems. Each chapter explores system modeling and the implementation of various metaheuristics for optimization purposes. This book provides readers in the domain of applied mathematics with a comprehensive understanding of system reliability analysis and improvement, thereby offering substantial value to their knowledge and expertise. System reliability has become the paramount attribute of any production unit. The process of maximizing system reliability while adhering to multiple constraints is referred to as reliability optimization. There are two primary approaches to enhancing a system's performance and reliability: developing a product with reduced failures (failure avoidance) or incorporating resilience to ensure the system continues functioning even in the event of a failure (fault tolerance). Explains the process and application of reliability-based design optimization Covers many metaheuristic approaches such as reliability, cost, and the MTTF of the system Provides the workings and applications of multi-objective optimizations

Reliability Models of Complex Systems for Robots and Automation

Reliability Models of Complex Systems for Robots and Automation
Author: Hamed Fazlollahtabar
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2017-11-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351337335

Availability of a system is a crucial factor for planning and optimization. The concept is more challenging for modern systems such as robots and autonomous systems consisting of a complex configuration of components. As complex systems have become global and essential in today’s society, their reliable design and the determination of their availability have turned into a very important task for managers and engineers. Reliability Models of Complex Systems for Robots and Automation offers different models and approaches for reliability evaluation and optimization of a complex autonomous system. Comprehensive fault tree analysis on the critical components of industrial robots and its integration with the reliability block diagram approach is designed in order to investigate the robot system reliability. The cost and hazard decision tree are integrated for the first time in an approach to evaluate the reliability of a complex system. Considers a complex production system composing of several autonomous robots Develops binary state reliability evaluation model for a complex system Introduces new concepts of hazard decision tree Proposes fault tree and reliability block diagram for complex robotic systems Develops stochastic process based reliability evaluation and optimization models Today’s competitive world with increasing customer demands for highly reliable products makes reliability engineering a more challenging task. Reliability analysis is one of the main tools to ensure agreed delivery deadlines which in turn maintains certainty in real tangible factors such as customer goodwill and company reputation.

Reliability Analysis and Asset Management of Engineering Systems

Reliability Analysis and Asset Management of Engineering Systems
Author: Gilberto Francisco Martha de Souza
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2021-09-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0128235225

Reliability Analysis and Asset Management of Engineering Systems explains methods that can be used to evaluate reliability and availability of complex systems, including simulation-based methods. The increasing digitization of mechanical processes driven by Industry 4.0 increases the interaction between machines and monitoring and control systems, leading to increases in system complexity. For those systems the reliability and availability analyses are increasingly challenging, as the interaction between machines has become more complex, and the analysis of the flexibility of the production systems to respond to machinery failure may require advanced simulation techniques. This book fills a gap on how to deal with such complex systems by linking the concepts of systems reliability and asset management, and then making these solutions more accessible to industry by explaining the availability analysis of complex systems based on simulation methods that emphasise Petri nets. Explains how to use a monitoring database to perform important tasks including an update of complex systems reliability Shows how to diagnose probable machinery-based causes of system performance degradation by using a monitoring database and reliability estimates in an integrated way Describes practical techniques for the application of AI and machine learning methods to fault detection and diagnosis problems

Simulation Methods for Reliability and Availability of Complex Systems

Simulation Methods for Reliability and Availability of Complex Systems
Author: Javier Faulin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2010-04-22
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1848822138

Simulation Methods for Reliability and Availability of Complex Systems discusses the use of computer simulation-based techniques and algorithms to determine reliability and availability (R and A) levels in complex systems. The book: shares theoretical or applied models and decision support systems that make use of simulation to estimate and to improve system R and A levels, forecasts emerging technologies and trends in the use of computer simulation for R and A and proposes hybrid approaches to the development of efficient methodologies designed to solve R and A-related problems in real-life systems. Dealing with practical issues, Simulation Methods for Reliability and Availability of Complex Systems is designed to support managers and system engineers in the improvement of R and A, as well as providing a thorough exploration of the techniques and algorithms available for researchers, and for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Reliability and Maintenance Optimization in Multi-indenture Systems

Reliability and Maintenance Optimization in Multi-indenture Systems
Author: Won-Young Yun
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0323850553

Reliability and Maintenance of Multi-indenture Systems analyzes and discusses the optimization problems of the multi-indenture system, providing theoretical and practical insights for reliability and maintenance engineers and managers. The book combines computer simulation, operational research, reliability engineering and numerical optimization to solve practical reliability problems. After a thorough introduction to multi-indenture systems and the reliability problems associated with them, the general framework of the simulation system is proposed and explained, along with more detailed explanations of the applications. Complex hierarchical system structures have become more common in applications such as rail, aircraft and weaponry due to increasing requirements for flexibility and functionality. As a consequence, it has become increasingly difficult to use analytical methods to calculate and improve system reliability and availability of these large complex systems. However, recent research has provided proven methodologies for the application of simulation systems to tackle problems including redundancy optimization in the design phase, optimal maintenance, and spare parts provisioning in the operation phase, hence this book is an ideal contribution to the conversation. Provides in-depth explanations on how to design and apply simulation systems to reliability and maintenance problems Discusses how to reduce system maintenance time by determining line replacement units (LRU) in multi-indenture systems Describes how to adopt preventive maintenance to effectively maintain the system while optimizing the system structure