In some applications involving reliability and availability studies, it is possible to use specifics mathematics tools to make decisions. This work has as objective show how is conducted an unavailability analysis using ...

The growing need for energy supply generates shortages of power plants, distribution and transmission of energy, this lack necessitates the rapidity in the installation of new enterprises, such as substations. Factors such ...

In this paper, we present a numerical example to illustrate some situations under which generation companies in locational marginal pricing (LMP) based markets could have the right incentives to support social-welfare-increasing ...

For this study, was developed a program of Reliability Centered Maintenance for equipment DOMINO A300 in order to optimize their maintenance tasks and increase their availability. The MCC program is designed based on field ...

This research presents the best way to popularize the concepts, considered as keys (reliability, useful life and early life), of Reliability Engineering among consumers as a means to promote industrial competitiveness. It ...

The recent widespread popularity of computational thinking (CT) has raised the need for a reliable method for assessing it. Recent CT tests focus on programming skills rather than the analytical ability and problem-solving ...

Increasing annual maintenance budgets mean that companies need to be more assertive when allocating resources. Therefore, the greater the knowledge of the behavior of its assets, the greater the chances of performing a ...

Studies of structural reliability are very common in the analysis of a civil structure. When it comes to structures and mechanical designs the same concepts are not used as often to define the safety of equipment and ...

This work presents a discussion about the most useful techniques on the Reliability analysis and modeling applied in the aeronautical maintenance sector. Initially, considerations regarding the aeronautical maintenance ...