Published 1985 | Version v1
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Reliability and availability analysis of a parallel system with common-cause failures and human errors

Creators

  • 1. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5

Description

This paper presents two newly developed Markov models to evaluate reliability and availability of two active dissimilar unit parallel system with common-cause failures and human errors. System reliability, mean time to failure (MTTF) and steady state availability formulas and plots are developed. Plots clearly demonstrate the significant effect of common-cause failures and human error on system reliability and steady state availability

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Society of Metals.
Imprint Place
Metals Park, OH (USA)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the international conference on nuclear power plant aging, availability factor and reliability analysis
Journal Page Range
p. 459-466.

Conference

Title
International conference on nuclear power plant aging, availability factor and reliability analysis.
Dates
7-12 Jul 1985.
Place
San Diego, CA (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17073335
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALGORITHMS; AVAILABILITY; DIAGRAMS; ERRORS; FAILURES; HUMAN FACTORS; MARKOV PROCESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; RELIABILITY; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; TIME DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
INFORMATION; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; REACTORS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS