PRAAGE: An interactive IBM-PC code for unreliability/aging analysis

Conference · Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6158080

Fullwood, R R; Hall, R E; Taylor, J H

The more redundant a system is, the faster its unavailability increases with aging. Normally a highly redundant system has a small unavailability contribution, but aging may make it significant. This is due to the fact that, as assumed in this study, aging degradation drives up the failure rate of all redundant trains and causes a rapid loss in the effectiveness of the redundancy in reducing the unavailability. Thus aging, if allowed to cross trains, can be a significant contributor to unavailability. This conclusion demonstrates the usefulness of PRAAGE for interactive systems analysis. 3 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA); Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6158080
• Report Number(s): BNL-NUREG-39923; CONF-871101-51; ON: DE87012124
• Resource Relation: California State Air Resources Board, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 15 Nov 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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