Reliability and Availability Analysis of Some Systems with Common-Cause Failures Using SPICE Circuit Simulation Program
The effectiveness of SPICE circuit simulation program in calculating probabilities, reliability, steady-state availability and mean-time to failure of repairable systems described by Markov models is demonstrated. Two examples are presented. The first example is a warm standby system with common-cau...
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| description | The effectiveness of SPICE circuit simulation program in calculating probabilities, reliability, steady-state availability and mean-time to failure of repairable systems described by Markov models is demonstrated. Two examples are presented. The first example is a warm standby system with common-cause failures and human errors. The second example is a non-identical unit parallel system with common-cause failures. In both cases recourse to numerical solution is inevitable to obtain the Laplace transforms of the probabilities. Results obtained using SPICE are compared with previously published results obtained using the Laplace transform method. Full SPICE listings are included. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1a3f22be29a244889c8c720e7c3c1f6e2025-02-03T01:32:38ZengWileyActive and Passive Electronic Components0882-75161563-50311999-01-01221314910.1155/1999/12147Reliability and Availability Analysis of Some Systems with Common-Cause Failures Using SPICE Circuit Simulation ProgramMuhammad Taher Abuelma'atti0Isa Salman Qamber1King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Box 203, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaUniversity of Bahrain, P.O. Box 32038, Isa Town, BahrainThe effectiveness of SPICE circuit simulation program in calculating probabilities, reliability, steady-state availability and mean-time to failure of repairable systems described by Markov models is demonstrated. Two examples are presented. The first example is a warm standby system with common-cause failures and human errors. The second example is a non-identical unit parallel system with common-cause failures. In both cases recourse to numerical solution is inevitable to obtain the Laplace transforms of the probabilities. Results obtained using SPICE are compared with previously published results obtained using the Laplace transform method. Full SPICE listings are included.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/12147ReliabilityavailabilitySPICE simulation. |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Taher Abuelma'atti Isa Salman Qamber Reliability and Availability Analysis of Some Systems with Common-Cause Failures Using SPICE Circuit Simulation Program Active and Passive Electronic Components Reliability availability SPICE simulation. |
| title | Reliability and Availability Analysis of Some Systems with Common-Cause Failures Using SPICE Circuit Simulation Program |
| title_full | Reliability and Availability Analysis of Some Systems with Common-Cause Failures Using SPICE Circuit Simulation Program |
| title_fullStr | Reliability and Availability Analysis of Some Systems with Common-Cause Failures Using SPICE Circuit Simulation Program |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reliability and Availability Analysis of Some Systems with Common-Cause Failures Using SPICE Circuit Simulation Program |
| title_short | Reliability and Availability Analysis of Some Systems with Common-Cause Failures Using SPICE Circuit Simulation Program |
| title_sort | reliability and availability analysis of some systems with common cause failures using spice circuit simulation program |
| topic | Reliability availability SPICE simulation. |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/12147 |
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