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5. Bayesian Analysis of Lifetime Delayed Degradation Process for Destructive/Nondestructive Inspection

Author

Chen, Siyi, Lu, Zitong, Hu, Qingpei, Xie, Min, and Yu, Dan

Abstract

Degradation has become the dominant failure mode for highly reliable engineering systems. Cracking, a fatigue phenomenon composed of sequential phases of crack initiation and propagation, is a major concern for critical aircraft structures. Traditional fracture mechanics analysis cannot fully meet the requirements for assessing reliability indicators from a reliability analysis perspective. Alternatively, the empirical Lifetime Delayed Degradation Process (LDDP) provides an explanatory framework for sequential hard&soft failure mode. This study further generalizes the LDDP framework by introducing the Bayesian method as a Bayes-LDDP model, which incorporates a weakly informative prior derived from historical data of similar systems for both non-destructive and destructive inspections. Additionally, we compare our proposed method to the LDDP approach using specific inspection datasets. Two practical applications are conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Bayes-LDDP model for reliability monitoring and remaining useful life (RUL) prediction in critical aircraft structures using field data. The crack inspection datasets of a transport aircraft and an aircraft core automated maintenance system (CAMS) are utilized for non-destructive and destructive inspections, respectively. The Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling algorithm is adopted for the Bayes-LDDP, improving the computational efficiency of model parameters estimation compared to the stochastic expectation maximum (SEM) algorithm. Furthermore, the Bayes-LDDP model enables precise inference including the mean time to failure (MTTF) of cracks for destructive inspections and the RUL for non-destructive inspections under the selected optimal model. This extended novel framework provides a clear depiction of the lifetime delayed degradation process from a Bayesian perspective.

Published
2024
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9. A simple goodness-of-fit test fpr the power-law process, based on the Duane plot

Author

Gaudoin, Olivier, Yang, Bo, and Xie, Min

Subjects
Goodness-of-fit tests -- Research, Reliability (Engineering) -- Research, Business, Electronics, Electronics and electrical industries
Abstract

The distibution of the coefficient of determination of the Duane plot under the power-law process (PLP) hypothesis is examined and discussed.

Published
2003

10. A modified Weibull distribution

Author

Lai, C.D., Xie, Min, and Murthy, D.N.P.

Subjects
Reliability (Engineering) -- Research, Weibull distribution -- Research, Business, Electronics, Electronics and electrical industries
Abstract

A lifetime distribution for modeling a bathtub-shaped hazard-rate function is described and discussed.

Published
2003

18. A Bayesian Approach for System Reliability Analysis With Multilevel Pass-Fail, Lifetime and Degradation Data Sets.

Author

Peng, Weiwen, Huang, Hong-Zhong, Xie, Min, Yang, Yuanjian, and Liu, Yu

Subjects
BAYESIAN analysis, FAULT tolerance (Engineering), SYSTEMS engineering, FAULT-tolerant computing, DECISION making
Abstract

Reliability analysis of complex systems is a critical issue in reliability engineering. Motivated by practical needs, this paper investigates a Bayesian approach for system reliability assessment and prediction with multilevel heterogeneous data sets. Two major imperatives have been handled in the proposed approach, which provides a comprehensive Bayesian framework for the integration of multilevel heterogeneous data sets. In particular, the pass-fail data, lifetime data, and degradation data at different system levels are combined coherently for system reliability analysis. This approach goes beyond the alternatives that deal with solely multilevel pass-fail or lifetime data, and presents a more practical tool for real engineering applications. In addition, the indices for reliability assessment and prediction are constructed coherently within the proposed Bayesian framework. It gives rise to a natural manner of incorporating this approach into a decision-making procedure for system operation and management. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated with reliability analysis of a navigation satellite. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2013
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19. Modeling and Analysis of Correlated Software Failures of Multiple Types.

Author

Dai, Yuan-Shun, Xie, Min, and Poh, Kirn-Leng

Subjects
*COMPUTER software, *INDUSTRIAL engineering, *INFORMATION science, *COMPUTER science, *MATHEMATICAL models, *REPAIRING
Abstract

Most software reliability models assume independence of successive software runs. It is a strict assumption, and usually not valid in reality. Goseva-Popstojanova & Trivedi [1] presented an interesting study on failure correlation among successive software runs. In this paper, by extending their results, a software reliability model is developed based on a Markov renewal process for the modeling of the dependence among successive software runs, where more than one type of failure is allowed in general formulation. Meanwhile, the cases of restarting with repair, and without repair, are considered. Although such a model is more complex than the traditional approach based on reliability growth, it incorporates more information about the failures, and system structure. A numerical example is also shown to illustrate the procedure, and provide some comparison. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2005
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