Reliability theory and practice for unmanned aerial vehicles

L Xing, BW Johnson - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to rapid advancements on the Internet of Things (IoT), unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), also known as drones, are transforming numerous military and civil application …

Reliability analyses of k-out-of-n: F capability-balanced systems in a multi-source shock environment

X Wang, R Ning, X Zhao, J Zhou - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Research on balanced systems has sparked intense attentions due to their widespread
engineering applications. Previous studies all considered that balanced systems operate in …

Comparing with the joint importance under consideration of consecutive-k-out-of-n system structure changes

H Dui, T Tian, J Zhao, S Wu - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
For a multi-component system, the impact of the alteration of components on the system
reliability often needs assessment. Existing importance measures, however, do not consider …

Reliability evaluations for a multi-state k-out-of-n: F system with m subsystems supported by multiple protective devices

X Wang, R Ning, X Zhao, J Zhou - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In engineering fields, the breakdown of a critical system can result in irreparable
consequences, including task failures and even heavy casualties. Equipping systems with …

Reliability optimization of multi-state consecutive sliding window systems under different activation strategies

N Mahdavi-Nasab, MA Ardakan - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The Consecutive-sliding window system (CSWS) is a recently developed version of the
sliding window system (SWS), a structure inspired by a consecutive k-out-of-r-from-n: F …

Reliability analysis of interval-valued multi-state sliding window system for sequential tasks

W Wang, C Fang, P Si, Y Wang, M Lin - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
In industrial applications, an interval variable with both an upper and a lower bound is
utilized to define the bounded or ranged performance of a system or its elements. This paper …

Phase reduction for efficient reliability analysis of dynamic k-out-of-n phased mission systems

C Wang, L Xing, J Yu, Q Guan, C Yang, M Yu - Reliability Engineering & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many technological and computing systems deployed for critical missions, like unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) and wireless sensor networks, are often designed with redundancies …

Reliability modeling and configuration optimization of a photovoltaic based electric power generation system

H Xiao, C Lin, G Kou, R Peng - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Existing research on phased-mission system reliability has mainly focused on internal
failures. However, some practical phased-mission systems such as photovoltaic based …

BCMS4W-ST: On the bi-directional circular multi-state system with spatiotemporal sliding window for sequential tasks

W Wang, M Lin, P Si, Y Wang, B Fan - Reliability Engineering & System …, 2023 - Elsevier
In industrial applications, circular systems possess the natural ability to rotate bi-
directionally, which essentially provides redundancy to maintain higher system reliability …

Reliability modeling and optimization of a two-dimensional sliding window system

H Xiao, K Yi, H Liu, G Kou - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
Existing research on the reliability of multi-state systems concentrated on one-dimensional
systems. However, many two-dimensional systems widely exist in real-world applications …