The exact and asymptotically value of the failure rate of a parallel system

• Main Author: P. Vasiliu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Naval Academy Press 2018-12-01
• Series: Scientific Bulletin of Naval Academy
• Subjects: reliability; asymptotically; system
• Online Access: https://www.anmb.ro/buletinstiintific/buletine/2018_Issue2/04_FAR/7.pdf

The problem of determining the failure rate of a series system according to the failure rates of the component elements is solved in the literature, a reference in the field being the work [4]. There is no direct relationship between the failure rate of a parallel system and the failure rates of the component elements. In this paper, we will deduce an exact relation between the failure rate of a parallel system and the failure rates of the component elements, their reliability, and the reliability of the system. Starting from the exact relationship we will deduce a simpler relation of the failure rate of a parallel system by studying the asymptotic failure rate behavior.