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    The document defines maintainability as the probability that a failed unit will be repaired within a given amount of time. It also defines availability as the probability that an item will be able to function when called upon, taking into account reliability and maintainability. There are three categories of availability: inherent availability based only on mean time to fail and mean time to repair, achieved availability which includes preventive maintenance, and operational availability including delays before maintenance begins.

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    LECTURE NOTE / INSTRUCTION NOTE

    AZIANASHIMA HEEDAYU BINTI ZAINAL


    Mohd Asyraf Rawi Rev#: 00 01 Apr 2010
    3.1 DEFINITION OF MAINTAINABILITY
    The probability that a failed unit will be repaired within a given
    amount of time. The term is also used to denote the discipline of
    studying and improving the maintainability of products, primarily
    by reducing the amount of time required to diagnose and repair
    failures.
    t
    M (T )  P(T  t )   f ( x)dx
    0

    Where P(T<t) is the probability of completing the repairs in time


    < T , and f(x) is the repair time probability density function.
    3.2 DEFINITION OF AVAILABILITY
    Availability is the probability that an item will be able to

    function (i.e. not failed or undergoing repair) when called

    upon to do so. This measure takes into account an item’s

    reliability (how quickly it fails) and its maintainability (how

    quickly it can be repaired).


    Steady state availability: A()
    MEASUREMENT OF MAINTAINABILITY
    AND AVAILABILITY
    Introduction to Maintainability and Availability
    Many systems are repairable; when the system fails — whether it is
    an automobile, a dishwasher, production equipment, etc. — it is
    repaired. Maintainability is a measure of the difficulty to repair the
    system.
    More specifically, maintainability is:
    The measure of the ability of a system to be retained in, or
    restored to, a specified condition when maintenance is
    performed by personnel having specified skill levels, using
    prescribed procedures and resources, at each prescribed level of
    maintenance and repair.
    SIX COMPONENTS OF
    MAINTAINABILITY STRUCTURE
    • Elemental Activities are simple maintenance actions of
    short duration and relatively small variance that do not
    vary appreciably from one system to another. An example
    of an elemental activity is the opening and shutting of a
    door.
    • Malfunction Active Repair Time consists of:
    a. Preparation time
    b. Malfunction verification time
    c. Fault location time
    d. Part procurement time
    e. Repair time
    f. Final malfunction test time
    Items a–f above are composed of elemental activities.
    •Malfunction Repair Time consists of:
    a. Malfunction active repair time
    b. Malfunction administrative time
    • System Repair Time is the product of malfunction repair time
    and the number of malfunctions.
    •System Downtime includes:
    a. System logistic time
    b. System repair time
    c. System final test time
    • Total System Downtime is a combination of the distributions of
    a. Initial delay
    b. System downtime
    Availability is a measure of the readiness of a system. More
    specifically, availability is:
    • A measure of the degree to which a system is in an operable and
    committable state at the start of a mission when the mission is
    called for at a random time.
    There are three categories of availability.
    1. Inherent Availability is the ideal state for analyzing availability.
    It is a function only of the mean time to fail, MTBF, and the mean
    time to repair, MTTR; preventive maintenance is not considered.
    Inherent availability is defined as:
      
    n

    MTTR 
    i i
    i 1

    
    n

    i
    i 1

    where n is the number of sub-systems

     - is the failure rate of the I-th subsystem, and


    i

     i
    - is the mean time to repair the I-the unit
    • Achieved Availability includes preventive maintenance as well as
    corrective maintenance. It is a function of the mean time between
    maintenance actions, MTMA, and the mean maintenance time,
    MMT. Achieved availability is defined as:
    • Operational Availability includes preventive maintenance,
    corrective maintenance, and delay time before maintenance begins,
    such as waiting for parts or personnel. It is a function of the mean
    time between maintenance actions and the mean down time, MDT,
    and is defined as:

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