Reliability Model of Mechanical Components with Dependent Failure Modes

A mechanical component may fail in many modes that are usually not independent. There is generally not a joint probability density function to describe these correlated failure modes. Thus, it is difficult to compute the reliability when considering the correlations between the failure modes. It is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shijie Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/828407