Int J Performability Eng ›› 2013, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (3): 333-344.doi: 10.23940/ijpe.13.3.p333.mag

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Fleet-Level Reliability Analysis of Repairable Units: A Non-Parametric Approach using the Mean Cumulative Function

JAN BLOCK, ALIREZA AHMADI, TOMMY TYRBERG, and UDAY KUMAR   

  1. Division of Operation, Maintenance and Acoustics, Lule? University of Technology, SE-971 87, Lule?, SWEDEN

Abstract:

This paper describes the use of the mean cumulative function (MCF) and linear estimates based on the recurrence rate to predict the expected number of failures in the future. Reliability data from two repairable units are used to verify the procedure and comparison. The empirical data used in the paper is based on field data gathered during the operational life of the Swedish military aircraft system FPL 37 Viggen from 1977 to 2006, which essentially is the whole life cycle of the system.


Received on June 21, 2012, revised on December 26, 2012 and on January 28, 2013
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