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16 August 2024

The lifetime performance index is commonly used in the manufacturing industry to evaluate the performance of the capabilities of the production process. For products with multiple components, the comprehensive lifetime performance index, which is a m...

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6 Citations
2,296 Views
16 Pages

22 March 2023

The lifetime performance index is commonly utilized to assess the lifetime performance of products. Based on the testing procedure for the lifetime of products following Chen distribution, an experimental design for progressive type I interval censor...

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7 Citations
2,235 Views
12 Pages

22 July 2021

With the high demands on the quality of high-tech products for consumers, assuring the lifetime performance is a very important task for competitive manufacturing industries. The lifetime performance index CL is frequently used to monitor the larger-...

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2 Citations
1,351 Views
22 Pages

18 October 2024

The lifetime performance index (LPI) is an important metric for evaluating product quality, and research on the statistical inference of the LPI is of great significance. This paper discusses both the classical and Bayesian estimations of the LPI und...

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1 Citations
1,329 Views
21 Pages

8 July 2024

Process capability indices are widely utilized to evaluate process performance and drive continuous improvements in quality and productivity. Among these indices, the the-larger-the-better lifetime performance index is particularly noteworthy. For pr...

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3 Citations
1,460 Views
15 Pages

Fuzzy Evaluation Model for Lifetime Performance Using Type-I Censoring Data

  • Kuo-Ching Chiou,
  • Tsun-Hung Huang,
  • Kuen-Suan Chen and
  • Chun-Min Yu

21 June 2024

As global warming becomes increasingly serious, humans start to consider how to coexist with the natural environment. People become more and more aware of environmental protection and sustainable development. Therefore, in the pursuit of economic gro...

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7 Citations
2,423 Views
15 Pages

5 February 2022

With the rapid development of technology, improving product life performance has become a very important issue in recent decades. The lifetime performance index is used in this research for the assessment of the lifetime performance of products follo...

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4 Citations
1,429 Views
16 Pages

7 February 2024

Process capability indices have been extensively employed to assess process performance in order to drive ongoing enhancements in quality and productivity, where the larger, the better for these lifetime performance indices. For multiple production l...

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8 Citations
2,742 Views
12 Pages

Traits Defining Sow Lifetime Maternal Performance

  • Laura Vargovic,
  • Jo-Anne Harper and
  • Kim L. Bunter

16 September 2022

Declining sow performance with increasing parity or an increase in the number of poor- quality pigs potentially impacts on farm productivity. This study investigated the phenotypic and genetic background of the sow’s influence on (i) the number...

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431 Views
21 Pages

2 November 2025

In addition to products with a single component, this study examines products composed of multiple components whose lifetimes follow a one-parameter exponential distribution. An overall lifetime performance index is developed to assess products under...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,276 Views
19 Pages

16 February 2024

Extending from a single production line to multiple production lines, a comprehensive life performance index is proposed for evaluating the quality of lifetime products. The connection between the comprehensive lifetime performance index and the indi...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,503 Views
18 Pages

12 October 2023

This study established a comprehensive framework for evaluating the lifetime performance of precast prestressed concrete frames exposed to chloride environments. The proposed analytical framework enabled a scientifically grounded and rational assessm...

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  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,126 Views
28 Pages

3 June 2020

Estimating the accurate evaluation of product lifetime performance has always been a hot topic in manufacturing industry. This paper, based on the lifetime performance index, focuses on its evaluation when a lower specification limit is given. The pr...

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1 Citations
1,888 Views
19 Pages

6 February 2024

The lifetime performance index is a process capability index that is commonly used for the evaluation of the durability of products in life testing and reliability analysis. In the context of multiple production lines, we introduce an overall lifetim...

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10 Citations
1,684 Views
11 Pages

18 September 2023

In manufacturing sectors, product performance evaluation is crucial. The lifetime performance index, denoted as CL, is widely used in product evaluation, where L signifies the lower specification limit. This study aims to refine the estimation of CL...

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2 Citations
5,224 Views
33 Pages

13 February 2025

This work investigates a new erase scheme in NAND flash memory to improve the lifetime and performance of modern solid-state drives (SSDs). In NAND flash memory, an erase operation applies a high voltage (e.g., >20 V) to flash cells for a long tim...

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7 Citations
2,326 Views
18 Pages

31 August 2021

In this artificial intelligence era, the constantly changing technology makes production techniques become sophisticated and complicated. Therefore, manufacturers are dedicated to improving the quality of products by increasing the lifetime in order...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,702 Views
15 Pages

Breakdown Performance Evaluation and Lifetime Prediction of XLPE Insulation in HVAC Cables

  • Zhonglei Li,
  • Yuming Dong,
  • You Wu,
  • Zhengzheng Meng,
  • Pengxian Song,
  • Mingzheng Zhu,
  • Xu Li and
  • Boxue Du

11 March 2024

This article presents the recent developments in the field of evaluation of the breakdown performance and remaining lifetime of XLPE insulation and analyzes the accuracy of existing lifetime prediction models through experiments. The effects of the c...

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6 Citations
2,011 Views
10 Pages

22 April 2022

When the lifetime of an electronic component does not reach the required level, it can be enhanced by means of the paralleling current sharing backup system or the redundant backup system. The lifetime of the redundant backup system is the sum of lif...

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7 Citations
3,080 Views
14 Pages

Genetics of Lifetime Reproductive Performance in Italian Heavy Draught Horse Mares

  • Roberto Mantovani,
  • Fabio Folla,
  • Giuseppe Pigozzi,
  • Shogo Tsuruta and
  • Cristina Sartori

23 June 2020

Our aims were to find a phenotypic variable to express mares’ lifetime reproductive performance after 6 breeding seasons (BS) in Italian Heavy Draught Horse breed (IHDH), and to estimate its heritability. At first, 1487 mares in a training data...

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3 Citations
2,351 Views
15 Pages

11 February 2025

X-ray characterization is broadly used in battery research, development, manufacturing, and quality control. However, the impact of lab-scale X-ray exposure on battery performance and lifetime is not well understood. In this work, we evaluate the imp...

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2 Citations
1,549 Views
12 Pages

The Influence of Maternal Nutrition on the Lifetime Performance of Nellore Cattle Offspring

  • Gabriela do Vale Pombo,
  • Guilherme Henrique Gebim Polizel,
  • Arícia Christofaro Fernandes,
  • Édison Furlan,
  • Bárbara Carolina Teixeira Prati,
  • Fernando José Schalch Junior,
  • Alanne Tenório Nunes and
  • Miguel Henrique de Almeida Santana

Fetal programming suggests that maternal nutrition during gestation influences offspring growth, development, and productivity. This study evaluated the effects of prenatal protein-energy supplementation on the lifetime performance of Nellore cattle....

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,385 Views
19 Pages

14 September 2021

In this study, the experimental design is developed based on the testing procedure for the lifetime performance index of products following Weibull lifetime distribution under progressive type I interval censoring. This research topic is related to a...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,502 Views
14 Pages

25 February 2021

The operating temperatures of photovoltaic (PV) modules can be impacted by the selection of specific packaging materials, e.g., backsheets and encapsulants. This research focuses on the evaluation of operating temperature reduction of one-cell module...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,194 Views
16 Pages

Effect of Sow Body Weight at First Service on Body Status and Performance during First Parity and Lifetime

  • María José Carrión-López,
  • Juan Orengo,
  • Josefa Madrid,
  • Antonio Vargas and
  • Silvia Martínez-Miró

2 December 2022

In this retrospective study, we aimed to assess the effect of body weight (BW) at first service on body status development and sow performance during first parity and lifetime efficiency. A total of 360 DanBred gilts were used, which we categorized i...

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  • Open Access
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28 Pages

This paper presents a controller-hardware-in-the-loop simulation (C-HILS) framework for validating models, evaluating control performance, and assessing the thermal lifetime of a tens-of-kilowatt inverter. The real inverter and the C-HILS platform we...

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770 Views
21 Pages

27 February 2025

The lifetime performance index is widely used in the manufacturing industry to assess the capability and effectiveness of production processes. A new overall lifetime performance index is proposed when multiple parts of products are produced in multi...

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  • Open Access
265 Views
15 Pages

Standalone photovoltaic systems play an important role in providing reliable renewable energy in remote areas. These systems depend heavily on battery energy storage, especially lithium iron phosphate batteries, which are known for their safety and l...

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  • Open Access
397 Views
24 Pages

26 December 2025

In lifetime testing, reliably assessing the life performance index of the Weibull distribution under Type I interval-censored data is a critical task. Although maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) is a conventional approach for parameter estimation, c...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,889 Views
11 Pages

6 November 2021

The quantitative characterization of microstructure is most desirable for the establishment of structure-property relationships in polymer nanocomposites. In this work, the effects of graphene on the microstructure, mechanical, electrical, and therma...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,420 Views
15 Pages

8 June 2021

We present the likelihood inferences on the lifetime performance index CL to evaluate the performance of lifetimes of products following the skewed Exponentiated Frech’et distribution in many manufacturing industries. This research is related to the...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,504 Views
12 Pages

27 August 2023

The semiconductor industry is a rapidly growing sector. As collection technologies for production data continue to improve and the Internet of Things matures, production data analysis improves, thus accelerating progress towards smart manufacturing....

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,135 Views
18 Pages

A Limited Common-Mode Current Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter Topology and Its Performance and Lifetime Evaluation in Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Applications

  • Hossein Khoun Jahan,
  • Reyhaneh Eskandari,
  • Tohid Rahimi,
  • Rasoul Shalchi Alishah,
  • Lei Ding,
  • Kent Bertilsson,
  • Mehran Sabahi and
  • Frede Blaabjerg

30 March 2021

In this paper, a switched-capacitor multilevel inverter with voltage boosting and common-mode-voltage reduction capabilities is put forth. The proposed inverter is synthesized with one-half bridge and several switched-capacitor cells. Due to the volt...

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11 Citations
2,391 Views
13 Pages

Efficient Diode Performance with Improved Effective Carrier Lifetime and Absorption Using Bismuth Nanoparticles Passivated Silicon Nanowires

  • Mariem Naffeti,
  • Mohamed Ali Zaïbi,
  • Alejandro Vidal García-Arias,
  • Radhouane Chtourou and
  • Pablo Aitor Postigo

24 October 2022

In this paper, we report a novel design of bismuth nanoparticle-passivated silicon nanowire (Bi@SiNW) heterojunction composites for high diode performances and improved effective carrier lifetime and absorption properties. High-density vertically ali...

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1,145 Views
11 Pages

2 September 2024

In many manufacturing industries, the lifetime performance index CL is utilized to assess the manufacturing process performance for products following some lifetime distributions and subjecting them to progressive type I interval censoring. This pape...

  • Review
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9 Citations
6,680 Views
28 Pages

29 July 2024

Rolling element bearings are essential components in modern mechanical equipment, providing crucial support for rotating parts. Hybrid ceramic ball bearings, consisting of steel rings and ceramic balls, have gained popularity in high-speed machinery...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,188 Views
51 Pages

Review of the Modelling of Corrosion Processes and Lifetime Prediction for HLW/SF Containers—Part 2: Performance Assessment Models

  • Fraser King,
  • Miroslav Kolàř,
  • Scott Briggs,
  • Mehran Behazin,
  • Peter Keech and
  • Nikitas Diomidis

The disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) and spent nuclear fuel (SF) presents a unique challenge for the prediction of the long-term performance of corrodible structures since the HLW/SF canisters are expected, in some cases, to have lifeti...

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7 Citations
3,188 Views
20 Pages

1 June 2023

This paper presents a comprehensive performance assessment of a two-stage power electronic (PE) converter for interfacing the grid of a lithium-ion battery energy storage system (Li-BESS) for building-integrated PV (BIPV) applications. A performance...

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1,043 Views
11 Pages

3 July 2024

The performance degradation of initiating explosive devices is influenced by various internal and external factors, leading to uncertainties in their reliability and lifetime predictions. This paper proposes an uncertain degradation model based on un...

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  • Open Access
1,190 Views
13 Pages

4 September 2025

Silver tarnish is a major issue in many heritage institutions. Applying lacquer is frequently used when preventive conservation approaches are limited. The service lifetime of the lacquer has a strong impact on resources and sustainability. Little sy...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,672 Views
16 Pages

Simulation and Experimental Investigation on Carbonized Tracking Failure of EPDM/BN-Based Electrical Insulation

  • Muhammad Tariq Nazir,
  • Faizan Tahir Butt,
  • Bao Toan Phung,
  • Guan Heng Yeoh,
  • Ghulam Yasin,
  • Shakeel Akram,
  • Muhammad Shoaib Bhutta,
  • Shahid Hussain and
  • Tuan Anh Nguyen

5 March 2020

Ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) is broadly employed as an insulating material for high voltage applications. Surface discharge-induced thermal depolymerization and carbon tracking adversely affect its performance. This work reports the electr...

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  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,668 Views
14 Pages

25 October 2022

This paper selected three kinds of AC-20 hot-mix recycled asphalt mixtures with high RAP content (30%, 40%, and 50%). It obtains a mixture of different degrees of miscibility by changing RAP preheating temperatures and mixing temperatures. The calcul...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,919 Views
17 Pages

Lifetime-Aware Cloud Data Centers: Models and Performance Evaluation

  • Luca Chiaraviglio,
  • Antonio Cianfrani,
  • Marco Listanti,
  • William Liu and
  • Marco Polverini

18 June 2016

We present a model to evaluate the server lifetime in cloud data centers (DCs). In particular, when the server power level is decreased, the failure rate tends to be reduced as a consequence of the limited number of components powered on. However, th...

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  • Open Access
45 Citations
7,162 Views
16 Pages

24 May 2021

The recent decline in crude oil prices due to global competition and COVID-19-related demand issues has highlighted the need for the efficient operation of an oil and gas plant. One such avenue is accurate predictions about the remaining useful life...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,509 Views
26 Pages

Consistent Time-to-Failure Tests and Analyses of Adhesive Anchor Systems

  • Krešimir Ninčević,
  • Ioannis Boumakis,
  • Stefan Meissl and
  • Roman Wan-Wendner

24 February 2020

Motivated by tunnel accidents in the recent past, several investigations into the sustained load behavior of adhesive anchors have been initiated. Nevertheless, the reliable lifetime prediction of bonded anchor systems based on a relatively short tes...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,767 Views
27 Pages

11 July 2022

The operation of natural gas grids requires electric-powered devices as data acquisition and control systems, surveillance and communication appliances, etc., often located in remote, unpopulated off-the-grid areas, where there is no personnel for su...

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  • Open Access
60 Citations
7,711 Views
18 Pages

A Study of Wind Turbine Performance Decline with Age through Operation Data Analysis

  • Raymond Byrne,
  • Davide Astolfi,
  • Francesco Castellani and
  • Neil J. Hewitt

21 April 2020

Ageing of technical systems and machines is a matter of fact. It therefore does not come as a surprise that an energy conversion system such as a wind turbine, which in particular operates under non-stationary conditions, is subjected to performance...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,332 Views
13 Pages

4 November 2020

The capacitance of Lithium-ion Capacitors (LiCs) highly depends on their terminal voltage. Previous research found that it varies in a nonlinear manner with respect to the voltage. However, none of them modeled the capacitance evolution while conside...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,853 Views
11 Pages

6 October 2023

In recent years, polycrystalline passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) solar cells have developed rapidly, but less research has been conducted on the preparation process of their rear side passivation layers on standard solar cell production lines...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,057 Views
30 Pages

Experimental Validation of Electrothermal and Aging Parameter Identification for Lithium-Ion Batteries

  • Francesco Conte,
  • Marco Giallongo,
  • Daniele Kaza,
  • Gianluca Natrella,
  • Ryohei Tachibana,
  • Shinji Tsuji,
  • Federico Silvestro and
  • Giovanni Vichi

8 May 2024

Modeling and predicting the long-term performance of Li-ion batteries is crucial for the effective design and efficient operation of integrated energy systems. In this paper, we introduce a comprehensive semi-empirical model for Li-ion cells, capturi...

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