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Contents of volume 19
Reliability Engineering-1987 CONTENTS
OF VOLUME
19
Number 1 Common-cause Failure and Human Error Modelling of Redundant Systems with Partially Energized Standby Units . . . . . BALBIR S. DHILLON and SUBRAMANYAM N. RAYAPATI (Canada)
15
The Method to Increase Reliability of Piezoelectric Angular Rate Sensors ZHANG FU XUE (People’s Republic of China) .
Cost Limit Replacement Policy Under Imperfect Repair W. Y. YUN and D. S. BAI (Korea)
1
23
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29
Condition Parameter Based Approach to Calculation of Reliability Characteristics J. KNEZEVIC (Great Britain) The Adaptation of Active-Inactive Times of Supervisory Systems for Maximising System Availability . . . . . . . . . J. M. KONTOLEON (Greece)
41
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49
A Rationale for the Reliability Assessment of High Integrity Mechanical Systems A. R. CHURCHLEY (Great Britain)
59
Capacity Function-preserving Star-Delta Transformations AL1 M. RUSHDI (Saudi Arabia)
.
13
.
17
Some Tests for Mean Residual Life Criteria Based on the Total Time on Test Transform . . . . . . . . . . . . A. M. ABOUAMMOH and A. KHALIQUE (Saudi Arabia)
85
Announcements
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in Flow Networks
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Number 2 Inspection Policy Based on Minimization of Fractional Dead Time A. B. M. ZOHRUL KABIR (Saudi Arabia)
Optimal Reliability Demonstration for Binomial Testing Situation KAILASH C. KAPUR (USA)
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103
Optimal Development Testing Policies for Products Sold with Warranty D. N. P. MURTHY and D. G. NGUYEN (Australia)
.
A Structured Procedure for Dependent Failure Analysis (DFA) . B. D. JOHNSTON (Great Britain)
.
Development of the Dynamic Fault Tree Using Markovian Supercomponent . . . . . . . . KWANG SUB JEONG, SOON HEUNG CHANG and TAE WOON KIM (Korea) Announcements
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Process .
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113
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125
and 137
161
Reliability Engineering-1987
Number 3
On the Asymptotic Behaviour of Mean Residual Life Function R. CALABRIA and G. PULCINI (Italy)
165
Reliability Analysis of Tubular Joints in Offshore Structures . P. THOFT-CHRISTENSEN and J. D. SORENSEN (Denmark)
171
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A Practical Method of Common Cause Failure Modelhng B. R. MARTIN and R. I. WRIGHT (UK)
185
Characteristics of Birnbaum and Saunders Model . MUHAMMAD YOUNAS and ANWAR KHALIL SHEIKH (Saudi Arabia) .
Control and Optimisation of Variability D. B. PARKINSON (UK) Weibull Analysis of Component MARTIN SHAW (UK)
201
211
Failure Data from Accelerated Testing
237
Number 4
The Reliability Assessment of Electrical Distribution Logic Equations R. I. WRIGHT (UK)’
Networks using Power Flow 245 .
Some Remarks on the Hazard Functions of the Inverted Distributions ANWAR KHALIL SHEIKH, MUNIR AHMAD and ZULFIQAR AL1 (Saudi Arabia) Reliability of Subsea BOP Systems . . . PER HOLAND and MARVIN RAUSAND
. . (Norway)
Assessment of Transport Regularity S. HAUGEN and J. E. VINNEM (Norway)
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255
.
263
.
217
287
Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics: A Report of a Meeting on ‘Probabilistic Fatigue’ T. JUTLA (UK) Application of Operator Error Analysis in the Design of Sizewell ‘B’ . D. P. D. WHITWORTH (UK) Announcement
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.
.
299
317
OF VOLUME
19
Number 1 Common-cause Failure and Human Error Modelling of Redundant Systems with Partially Energized Standby Units . . . . . BALBIR S. DHILLON and SUBRAMANYAM N. RAYAPATI (Canada)
15
The Method to Increase Reliability of Piezoelectric Angular Rate Sensors ZHANG FU XUE (People’s Republic of China) .
Cost Limit Replacement Policy Under Imperfect Repair W. Y. YUN and D. S. BAI (Korea)
1
23
.
29
Condition Parameter Based Approach to Calculation of Reliability Characteristics J. KNEZEVIC (Great Britain) The Adaptation of Active-Inactive Times of Supervisory Systems for Maximising System Availability . . . . . . . . . J. M. KONTOLEON (Greece)
41
.
49
A Rationale for the Reliability Assessment of High Integrity Mechanical Systems A. R. CHURCHLEY (Great Britain)
59
Capacity Function-preserving Star-Delta Transformations AL1 M. RUSHDI (Saudi Arabia)
.
13
.
17
Some Tests for Mean Residual Life Criteria Based on the Total Time on Test Transform . . . . . . . . . . . . A. M. ABOUAMMOH and A. KHALIQUE (Saudi Arabia)
85
Announcements
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
in Flow Networks
.
.
.
Number 2 Inspection Policy Based on Minimization of Fractional Dead Time A. B. M. ZOHRUL KABIR (Saudi Arabia)
Optimal Reliability Demonstration for Binomial Testing Situation KAILASH C. KAPUR (USA)
.
.
103
Optimal Development Testing Policies for Products Sold with Warranty D. N. P. MURTHY and D. G. NGUYEN (Australia)
.
A Structured Procedure for Dependent Failure Analysis (DFA) . B. D. JOHNSTON (Great Britain)
.
Development of the Dynamic Fault Tree Using Markovian Supercomponent . . . . . . . . KWANG SUB JEONG, SOON HEUNG CHANG and TAE WOON KIM (Korea) Announcements
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Process .
.
113
.
125
and 137
161
Reliability Engineering-1987
Number 3
On the Asymptotic Behaviour of Mean Residual Life Function R. CALABRIA and G. PULCINI (Italy)
165
Reliability Analysis of Tubular Joints in Offshore Structures . P. THOFT-CHRISTENSEN and J. D. SORENSEN (Denmark)
171
.
A Practical Method of Common Cause Failure Modelhng B. R. MARTIN and R. I. WRIGHT (UK)
185
Characteristics of Birnbaum and Saunders Model . MUHAMMAD YOUNAS and ANWAR KHALIL SHEIKH (Saudi Arabia) .
Control and Optimisation of Variability D. B. PARKINSON (UK) Weibull Analysis of Component MARTIN SHAW (UK)
201
211
Failure Data from Accelerated Testing
237
Number 4
The Reliability Assessment of Electrical Distribution Logic Equations R. I. WRIGHT (UK)’
Networks using Power Flow 245 .
Some Remarks on the Hazard Functions of the Inverted Distributions ANWAR KHALIL SHEIKH, MUNIR AHMAD and ZULFIQAR AL1 (Saudi Arabia) Reliability of Subsea BOP Systems . . . PER HOLAND and MARVIN RAUSAND
. . (Norway)
Assessment of Transport Regularity S. HAUGEN and J. E. VINNEM (Norway)
.
255
.
263
.
217
287
Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics: A Report of a Meeting on ‘Probabilistic Fatigue’ T. JUTLA (UK) Application of Operator Error Analysis in the Design of Sizewell ‘B’ . D. P. D. WHITWORTH (UK) Announcement
.
.
.
.
.
299
317