Reliability analysis for continuous degrading systems subject to multi-level failure dependence

• Published in: Quality engineering Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 79 - 91
• Main Authors: Cao, Yingsai, Lu, Chen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milwaukee Taylor & Francis 02.01.2025; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Component reliability; Continuous degradation; Degradation; Effectiveness; Exact solutions; Failure; Hydraulic equipment; multi-component systems; multi-level failure dependence; Normal distribution; random shock; Reliability; Reliability analysis; Simulation; Statistical analysis; System reliability
• ISSN: 0898-2112; 1532-4222
• DOI: 10.1080/08982112.2024.2344083

This article explicitly models multi-level failure dependence existing in continuous degrading systems with multiple degrading components. Dependence within the component level is specified as that arrived shocks increase the vulnerability to inherent degradation. Dependence among components refers...