PARTIAL FAILURE IN THE THEORY OF RELIABILITY

Abstract

The GOST (Russian: ГОСТ) definition of the concept of "partial failure" is analyzed, and an expansion of the indicators characterizing the properties of such failures is proposed. It is shown that this is due to the differences in the partial failure of the full, connected with the possibility of continuing the use of the technical device for the purpose in conditions of partial loss (due to defeat) of the prescribed functions. This is extremely important for devices that have high performance and large losses due to downtime.