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K-out-of-N With Repair

K-out-of-N With Repair

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The formulas in the following table are used to compute MTBF and reliability for various redundant item loads with item repair.

 

MTBF (exact value)

Source Data

Equations

Repair

Load of redundant items

MTBF (exact value)

Unre­stricted

100%

RBD_Formula15

Re­stricted

100%

RBD_Formula17

Unre­stricted

0%

RBD_Formula18

Re­stricted

0%

RBD_Formula19

Unre­stricted

0<ν100% 100%

RBD_Formula20

Re­stricted

0<ν100% 100%

RBD_Formula21

 

Mission Reliability over time t0 (approximate value)

Source Data

Equations

Repair

Load of redundant items

Mission Reliability over time t0 (approximate value)

Unre­stricted

100%

RBD_Formula22

Re­stricted

100%

RBD_Formula23

Unre­stricted

0%

RBD_Formula24

Re­stricted

0%

RBD_Formula25

Unre­stricted

0<ν100% 100%

RBD_Formula26

Re­stricted

0<ν100% 100%

RBD_Formula27

 

Steady State Availability (approximate value)

Source Data

Equations

Repair

Load of redundant items

Steady State Availability (approximate value)

Unre­stricted

100%

RBD_Formula28

Re­stricted

100%

RBD_Formula29

Unre­stricted

0%

RBD_Formula30

Re­stricted

0%

RBD_Formula31

Unre­stricted

0<ν100% 100%

RBD_Formula32

Re­stricted

0<ν100% 100%

RBD_Formula33

 

 

Note: description of repair types like restricted / unrestricted may be found in the To enter data for an RBD element paragraph earlier in this chapter.

The source of the formulas is "Reliability Handbook" by B. A. Kozlov, I. A. Ushakov.