Journal
RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY
Volume 96, Issue 4, Pages 497-508Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2010.12.018
Keywords
Gamma process; Non-homogeneous Poisson Process; Maintenance policy; Periodic inspection/replacement; Block replacement; Dynamic environment
Funding
- Conseil Regional de Champagne-Ardernne, France
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion, Spain [MTM2009-07634]
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This paper deals with the condition-based maintenance of single-unit systems which are subject to the competing and dependent failures due deterioration and traumatic shock events. The main aim is to provide a model to assess the value of condition monitoring information for the maintenance decision-making. A condition-based periodic inspection/replacement policy is developed and compared with a benchmark time-based block replacement policy. Numerical results show that it is indeed useful to follow closely the actual evolution of the system to adapt the maintenance decisions to the true system state to improve the performance of maintenance policies. The analysis of the maintenance costs savings can be used to justify or not the choice to implement a policy based on condition monitoring information and to invest in condition monitoring devices. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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