Reliability modeling methods for load-sharing k-out-of-n system subject to discrete external load

• Published in: Reliability engineering & system safety Vol. 193; p. 106603
• Main Authors: Zhang, Jianchun, Zhao, Yu, Ma, Xiaobing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barking Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2020; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Component reliability; Data acquisition; Distribution variation; Failure; Failure rates; Load distribution; Load distribution (forces); Load-sharing system; Load-strength model; Modelling; Reliability analysis; Reliability engineering; Reliability model; Strength damage; Stress concentration; Distribution variation; Reliability model; Strength damage; Load-sharing system; Load-strength model

•The load distribution variation is used to reflect the load-sharing effect.•The physical and statistical dependence between load and strength are considered.•The common-cause failure is integrated into the model.•the failure-rate-based reliability modeling method is improved.•The proposed method ex...