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Optimal Burn-in Time and Imperfect Maintenance Strategy for a Warranted Product with Bathtub Shaped Failure Rate

Shafiee, Mahmood, Asgharizadeh, Ezzatollah (2011) Optimal Burn-in Time and Imperfect Maintenance Strategy for a Warranted Product with Bathtub Shaped Failure Rate. International Journal of Collaborative Enterprise, 2 (4). pp. 263-274. ISSN 1740-2085. E-ISSN 1740-2093. (doi:10.1504/IJCENT.2011.043825) (KAR id:80812)

Abstract

‘Burn-in/preventive maintenance’ programme is an efficient approach used to minimise the warranty servicing cost of a product with bathtub shaped failure rate. Burn-in is a widely used method to improve the quality of product during its ‘infant mortality’ period and preventive maintenance is a scheduled necessary activity carried out during its ‘wear-out’ period. In this paper, an optimisation model is developed to determine the optimal burn-in time and optimal imperfect preventive maintenance strategy that minimises the total mean servicing cost of a warranted product with an age-dependent repair cost. We provide a numerical study to illustrate our results.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1504/IJCENT.2011.043825
Uncontrolled keywords: bathtub shaped failure rate; BTR; burn-in; preventive maintenance; PM; minimal repair; MR; warranty servicing cost
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA165 Engineering instruments, meters etc. Industrial instrumentation
T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA168 Systems engineering
T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA401 Materials engineering and construction
T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: Mahmood Shafiee
Date Deposited: 10 Apr 2020 16:25 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:26 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/80812 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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