Optimal replacement of an item subject to cumulative damage under periodic inspections |
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Authors: | Myung B Kong Kyung S Park |
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Affiliation: | ?University of Ulsan, Ulsan City, 680-749, Kyung-Nam, Korea;?Korea Advanced Institute of Science (Technology), Taejon, 305-701, Korea |
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Abstract: | An item undergoes cumulative damage through use. The item fails randomly but the failure rate depends on the accumulated damage. The item is preventively replaced if it survives a certain damage limit at periodic inspections; on failure, it is replaced immediately. The optimal damage limit for preventive replacement which minimizes the long-run expected cost rate is derived. It is unique if an item has increasing damage-dependent failure rate. Numerical example for a stationary gamma process with Weibull distributed failure is given. |
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