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  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,094 Views
16 Pages

Reliability Testing of Wind Farm Devices Based on the Mean Time between Failures (MTBF)

  • Stanisław Duer,
  • Marek Woźniak,
  • Jacek Paś,
  • Konrad Zajkowski,
  • Dariusz Bernatowicz,
  • Arkadiusz Ostrowski and
  • Zbigniew Budniak

7 February 2023

Among the most valuable types of renewable energy available today is wind energy. The reliability of WF systems must be regularly evaluated at every stage of their “life,” from design to operation, if a wind farm energy system is to be ef...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,061 Views
17 Pages

Reliability Prediction and FMEA of Loading and Unloading Truss Robot for CNC Punch

  • Kaiyue Zhang,
  • Zhixin Jia,
  • Renpeng Bian,
  • Ketai He and
  • Zhicheng Jia

14 April 2023

Loading and unloading truss robot for computer numerical control (CNC) punch is widely used in the production of sheet metal parts, as its reliability level is directly related to the quality of sheet metal parts. Especially for the automatic sheet m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
332 Views
20 Pages

18 December 2025

Given the pressing need to strengthen operational reliability in electrical distribution networks, this study proposes an optimization methodology based on the Teaching–Learning-Based Optimization (TLBO) algorithm for the strategic location of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,954 Views
22 Pages

Reliability and Economic Efficiency Analysis of 4-Leg Inverter Compared with 3-Leg Inverters

  • Yun-gi Kwak,
  • Dae-ho Heo,
  • Sun-Pil Kim,
  • Sung-Geun Song,
  • Sung-Jun Park and
  • Feel-soon Kang

The 4-leg inverter can adjust the load current or output voltage even under unbalanced load conditions, but it is known that the additional switch arm to the 3-leg inverter can increase the overall cost and the failure rate. This paper aims to analyz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,618 Views
11 Pages

Machinery Failure Approach and Spectral Analysis to Study the Reaction Time Dynamics over Consecutive Visual Stimuli: An Entropy-Based Model

  • Miguel E. Iglesias-Martínez,
  • Moisés Hernaiz-Guijarro,
  • Juan Carlos Castro-Palacio,
  • Pedro Fernández-de-Córdoba,
  • J. M. Isidro and
  • Esperanza Navarro-Pardo

6 November 2020

The reaction times of individuals over consecutive visual stimuli have been studied using an entropy-based model and a failure machinery approach. The used tools include the fast Fourier transform and a spectral entropy analysis. The results indicate...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,590 Views
17 Pages

An Improved Statistical Method for Calculating Lightning Overvoltages in HVDC Overhead Line/Cable Systems

  • Oscar Lennerhag,
  • Jan Lundquist,
  • Christiaan Engelbrecht,
  • Tanumay Karmokar and
  • Math H. J. Bollen

14 August 2019

HVDC cable systems connected to HVDC overhead lines are subject to fast front overvoltages emanating from the line when lightning strikes a shield wire (backflashover) or a pole conductor (shielding failure). Representative fast front overvoltage lev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,780 Views
23 Pages

7 March 2025

This paper presents the use of proportional hazards regression models for predicting the Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) of centrifugal pumps in the oil and gas industry. To that end, a dataset collected over 8 years including both design and opera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,981 Views
15 Pages

Selection of Production Reliability Indicators for Project Simulation Model

  • László Péter Pusztai,
  • Lajos Nagy and
  • István Budai

16 May 2022

Due to technological enhancements, traditional, qualitative decision-making methods are usually replaced by data-driven decision-making even in smaller companies. Process simulation is one of these solutions, which can help companies avoid costly fai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,141 Views
28 Pages

10 April 2025

Railway signalling systems must ensure the safe movement of trains and the reliability of the operation of their components is of utmost importance. One of the main components is the interlocking devices, which provide secure, safe and reliable inter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,574 Views
30 Pages

13 October 2025

Predictive maintenance (PdM) of biomedical equipment is increasingly recognized as a strategic lever to enhance reliability and ensure continuity of care. Yet, in resource-limited hospitals, implementation is hindered by fragmented data sources, non-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,160 Views
22 Pages

21 May 2025

Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) pumps are critical assets in oil and gas operations, where unplanned failures can result in substantial production losses. Traditional maintenance approaches, often based on static schedules and expert judgement, are inadequa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,796 Views
20 Pages

28 July 2020

In a weapon system, the accurate forecasting of the spare parts demand can help avoid the excess inventory, leading to the efficient use of budget. It can also help develop the combat readiness of the weapon system by improving weapon system utilizat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,440 Views
12 Pages

15 January 2023

Many recent studies have revealed that PoL (Point of Load) converters’ output capacitors are a paramount component from a reliability point of view. To receive the maximum degree of reliability in many applications, designers are often advised...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,143 Views
14 Pages

9 August 2024

In the last decade, a higher level of reliability has become a compulsory demand when it comes to modern DC-DC converters. This work addresses the main reliability metrics: in many studies, the failure rate λ and MTBF of an output capacitor ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,640 Views
21 Pages

In the design of military, automotive, medical, space, and professional equipment, it is essential to demonstrate that devices can operate for a specific duration with a given level of confidence. Reliability must be considered in the design process,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,936 Views
15 Pages

2 August 2022

The two main research goals of this study are to develop a relationship diagram between the parameters of reliability and maintainability and to investigate the impact of reliability and maintenance on engineering design costs. In this study, we use...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,968 Views
17 Pages

Statistical Reliability Assessment for Small Sample of Failure Data of Dumper Diesel Engines Based on Power Law Process and Maximum Likelihood Estimation

  • Brajeshkumar Kishorilal Dinkar,
  • Alok Kumar Mukhopadhyay,
  • Somnath Chattopadhyaya,
  • Shubham Sharma,
  • Firoz Alam and
  • José Machado

10 June 2021

Dumpers or dump trucks are used all over the world to move overburden from many opencast mines. Diesel engines are the main driving force behind the trucks. The frequency of damage due to the failure of diesel engines is enormous. Therefore, efforts...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,011 Views
20 Pages

2 December 2021

The forward converter is divided into two circuit topologies depending on the method of resetting the energy stored in the magnetizing inductance of the transformer: a single-ended structure using a reset circuit and a double-ended structure called a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,525 Views
19 Pages

16 March 2023

The last decade’s studies show that the PoL (point-of-load) converter’s output capacitor is an important component for reliability, implying that its careful selection may determine the overall converter’s failure rate and lifetime....

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,855 Views
27 Pages

A Method for Assessing the Reliability of the Pepper Robot in Handling Office Documents: A Case Study

  • Marius Misaroș,
  • Ovidiu Petru Stan,
  • Szilárd Enyedi,
  • Anca Stan,
  • Ionuț Donca and
  • Liviu Cristian Miclea

16 September 2024

Humanoid robots are increasingly being utilized in various activities involving humans, as they can facilitate certain tasks and provide benefits to users. Humanoid service robots possess capabilities akin to human performance, often proving advantag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,622 Views
13 Pages

This paper describes an industry laboratory implementation of local and remote automation monitoring and control of several product testing stands for status, safety, and an efficient use of resources, as well as the purpose and inter-relationship be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,646 Views
20 Pages

An improved hybrid submodule employs a direct current (DC) short current protection function to improve the reliability of a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system. However, it increases the number of circuit components to implement the protection...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,713 Views
18 Pages

29 March 2024

The investigation of the reliability of long-life equipment is typically hindered by the lack of experimental data, which makes accurate assessments challenging. To address this problem, a bootstrap method based on the improved RBF (radial basis func...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,746 Views
14 Pages

The Impact of Temperature on the Performance and Reliability of Li/SOCl2 Batteries

  • Yongquan Sun,
  • Xinkun Qin,
  • Lin Li,
  • Youmei Zhang,
  • Jiahai Zhang and
  • Jia Qi

21 June 2024

The performance and reliability of lithium thionyl chloride (Li/SOCl2) batteries are significantly affected by temperature, but the reliability level and failure mechanisms of Li/SOCl2 batteries remain unclear. In this study, Weibull distribution sta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
398 Views
29 Pages

25 December 2025

Designing cost-effective, reliable diagnostic sensor suites for complex assets remains challenging due to conflicting objectives across stakeholders. A holistic framework that integrates the Normalised Diagnostic Contribution Index (NDCI)—which...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,152 Views
11 Pages

A Statistical State Analysis of a Marine Gas Turbine

  • Suzana Lampreia,
  • Valter Vairinhos,
  • Victor Lobo and
  • José Requeijo

8 July 2019

This paper describes the analysis, from a statistical point of view, of a maritime gas turbine, under various operating conditions, so as to determine its state. The data used concerns several functioning parameters of the turbines, such as temperatu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,642 Views
11 Pages

1 August 2011

This paper is concerned with determination of optimal lot size for an economic production quantity model with scrap and random breakdown occurring in backorder replenishing period. In most real-life manufacturing systems, generation of defective item...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
808 Views
9 Pages

Analysis of Failures of Automatic Level Crossing Devices

  • Emiliya Dimitrova,
  • Vasil Dimitrov and
  • Dragomira Dimitrova

25 August 2025

The safety of automatic level crossing devices (ALDs) is of utmost importance due to the need to ensure safe passage through railway crossings—accidents must not be allowed. In this paper, an analysis of failures of ALDs in the railway infrastr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,966 Views
11 Pages

Thin-Film MEMS Resistors with Enhanced Lifetime for Thermal Inkjet

  • Elkana Bar-Levav,
  • Moshe Witman and
  • Moshe Einat

In this paper, the failure mechanisms of the thermal inkjet thin-film resistors are recognized. Additionally, designs of resistors to overcome these mechanisms are suggested and tested by simulation and experiment. The resulting resistors are shown t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
956 Views
20 Pages

Towards Efficient and Accurate Network Exposure Surface Analysis for Enterprise Networks

  • Zhihua Wang,
  • Minghui Jin,
  • Youlin Hu,
  • Dacheng Shan,
  • Lizhao You and
  • Peijun Chen

Network exposure surface analysis aims to identify network assets that are exposed to the Internet and is critical for enterprise security. However, existing tools face two key challenges: combinatorial explosion in traditional packet testing, and hi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,768 Views
49 Pages

16 January 2025

This paper proposes a sustainable model for integrating robotic process automation (RPA) and machine learning (ML) in predictive maintenance to enhance operational efficiency and failure prediction accuracy. The research identified a key gap in the l...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,330 Views
22 Pages

A Review on Risk and Reliability Analysis in Photovoltaic Power Generation

  • Ahmad Zaki Abdul Karim,
  • Mohamad Shaiful Osman and
  • Mohd. Khairil Rahmat

17 July 2025

Precise evaluation of risk and reliability is crucial for decision making and predicting the outcome of investment in a photovoltaic power system (PVPS) due to its intermittent source. This paper explores different methodologies for risk evaluation a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,372 Views
21 Pages

Clamped-single submodule (CSSM) has DC short circuit current protection function to improve the safety and stability of high voltage, direct current (HVDC) system. In order to carry out the protection, it needs an additional number of insulated gate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
741 Views
17 Pages

1 August 2025

Negative Ion Source Neutral beam Injection (NNBI), as a critical auxiliary heating system for magnetic confinement fusion devices, directly affects the plasma heating efficiency of tokamak devices through the reliability of its beam source system. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
10,403 Views
49 Pages

5 May 2025

This research aims to identify patterns and root causes of aircraft downtimes by comparing various forecasting models used in the aviation industry to prevent AOG events effectively. At its heart, this study explores innovative forecasting models usi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,970 Views
22 Pages

9 December 2021

This manuscript deals with the detection of internal cracks and defects in aeronautical fibreglass structures. In technical practice, it is problematic to accurately determine the service life or MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) of composite material...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,300 Views
13 Pages

Fuzzy Evaluation Model of Machining Process Loss

  • Kuen-Suan Chen,
  • Tsun-Hung Huang,
  • Jin-Shyong Lin,
  • Chun-Min Yu and
  • Chun-Ming Yang

9 November 2023

In facing the many negative impacts of global warming on the earth’s environment, the machining industry must reduce the rates of product rework and scrap in the manufacturing process by enhancing the process quality of the processed product. A...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,405 Views
49 Pages

3 June 2025

Multimodal freight transport systems, integrating maritime, rail, and road modes, play a vital role in modern logistics but face elevated operational, human, and environmental risks due to their complexity and interdependencies. To address the limita...

  • Article
  • Open Access
961 Views
20 Pages

28 November 2024

The reliability growth of electromechanical products is a continuous process of addressing reliability defects, which is very important for manufacturing enterprises. At present, research on the reliability growth of electromechanical products mostly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,968 Views
25 Pages

29 September 2024

This paper introduces an assessment method for shipboard spare parts requirements based on a whole-part repair strategy, aimed at enhancing the availability and combat effectiveness of naval equipment. Addressing the shortcomings of traditional repai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,345 Views
18 Pages

Potential Routes to the Sustainability of the Food Packaging Industry

  • Karol Tucki,
  • Olga Orynycz,
  • Andrzej Wasiak,
  • Arkadiusz Gola and
  • Leszek Mieszkalski

26 March 2022

Plastic packaging of food products has a significant impact on the sustainability of the food industry and trade. The article presents selected problems surrounding the production of plastic packaging for food storage and distribution that might caus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,828 Views
17 Pages

Management Optimization of the Luminous Flux Regulation of a Lighting System in Road Tunnels. A First Approach to the Exertion of Predictive Control Systems

  • Ferdinando Salata,
  • Iacopo Golasi,
  • Alessandro Poliziani,
  • Antonio Futia,
  • Emanuele De Lieto Vollaro,
  • Massimo Coppi and
  • Andrea De Lieto Vollaro

25 October 2016

Lighting very long road tunnels implies a high consumption of electrical energy since it requires a proper illumination during the whole day. In particular, in the daytime, the illuminance levels right at the tunnel entrance threshold and exit zones...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,232 Views
24 Pages

20 November 2024

In today’s competitive industrial landscape, Reliability Engineering plays a vital role in minimizing costs and expenses in energy projects. The main focus of this paper is to propose the integration of a fuzzy-based FMECA process into a RAM an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,736 Views
23 Pages

4 June 2024

The mechatronic industry is currently subject to huge changes challenging it to offer products matching individual customer requirements at competitive prices. The design of such products calls for sophisticated and complex components integration fol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
473 Views
26 Pages

12 December 2025

Accurate fault risk assessment is essential for maintaining wind turbine reliability. Traditional failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)-based approaches struggle to handle the fuzziness, uncertainty, and conflicting nature of multi-criteria evalu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
333 Views
44 Pages

Smart Hybrid Maintenance as a Pathway to Energy-Efficient Manufacturing

  • Sebastian Dudzik,
  • Gabriela Gic-Grusza,
  • Dawid Pilc and
  • Piotr Szeląg

26 December 2025

The growing demand for energy-efficient and sustainable manufacturing requires maintenance strategies that extend beyond reliability optimization toward active energy management. This study proposes a Smart Hybrid Maintenance System (SHMS) that integ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,996 Views
21 Pages

Maintenance Tools applied to Electric Generators to Improve Energy Efficiency and Power Quality of Thermoelectric Power Plants

  • Milton Fonseca Junior,
  • Ubiratan Holanda Bezerra,
  • Jandecy Cabral Leite and
  • Jorge Laureano Moya Rodríguez

26 July 2017

This paper presents a specific method to improve the reliability of the equipment and the quality of power supplied to the electrical systems with the frequency and voltage control of a thermoelectric plant, to guarantee a more stable system. The met...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,705 Views
20 Pages

10 August 2023

With the rapid increase in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), ensuring the safety of airspace operations and promoting sustainable development of airspace systems have become paramount concerns. However, research dedicated to investigating the populati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,046 Views
42 Pages

Dynamic Maintenance Cost Optimization in Data Centers: An Availability-Based Approach for K-out-of-N Systems

  • Mostafa Fadaeefath Abadi,
  • Mohammad Javad Bordbari,
  • Fariborz Haghighat and
  • Fuzhan Nasiri

25 March 2025

Data Centers (DCs) are critical infrastructures that support the digital world, requiring fast and reliable information transmission for sustainability. Ensuring their reliability and efficiency is essential for minimizing risks and maintaining opera...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,300 Views
59 Pages

A Critical Review on the Battery System Reliability of Drone Systems

  • Tianren Zhao,
  • Yanhui Zhang,
  • Minghao Wang,
  • Wei Feng,
  • Shengxian Cao and
  • Gong Wang

31 July 2025

The reliability of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) energy storage battery systems is critical for ensuring their safe operation and efficient mission execution, and has the potential to significantly advance applications in logistics, monitoring, and e...

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