Condition-based Maintenance Modeling and Optimization for Single-unit System with Multiple Competing Processes

  • GE Enshun ,
  • LI Qingmin ,
  • PENG Yingwu ,
  • WANG Shen
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  • Department of Weaponry Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China

Received date: 2012-04-17

  Revised date: 2012-09-10

  Online published: 2013-03-29

Supported by

National Defence Pre-research Foundation of China (51304010206, 51327020105)

Abstract

In most practical situations of equipment work, the system does not only degrade with use and age, but is also subject to traumatic events or shocks which lead to a sudden failure; that is, system failure is due to both deterioration and shock events. Focusing on the actual problem of maintenance engineering, a new condition-based maintenance model is established based on the sequential inspection policy and multi-level control-limit rule for a single-unit system which is subject to both the deterioration process and shock process. The competing and dependent failures due to deterioration and shock are considered. A mathematical model for the deteriorating system cost is derived under a pre-selected maintenance policy, and the long-run cost rate can be minimized by a joint optimization of the maintenance structure thresholds. Through a numerical example, the proposed model is compared with the maintenance model using periodically inspection policy, and the validity and superiority of the model are proved.

Cite this article

GE Enshun , LI Qingmin , PENG Yingwu , WANG Shen . Condition-based Maintenance Modeling and Optimization for Single-unit System with Multiple Competing Processes[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2013 , 34(3) : 580 -587 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2013.0095

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