{"title":"Improving Reliability and Reducing Power Loss in Power Distribution Network by Determining Optimal Location and Size of Capacitor Banks","authors":"M. Nadjafi, M. Hajivand","doi":"10.30699/IJRRS.1.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30699/IJRRS.1.25","url":null,"abstract":"The use of capacitor banks in distribution system has many outstanding usages include improving the power factor of a system, voltage profile, and reliability besides the reducing of the power flow losses of the component’s reactive due to the compensation. These benefits depend greatly on how capacitors are placed in the distribution system. Hence, in order to achieve the high reliable construction, switching capacitor has been placed to improve the main challenges of the network designing (reliability and reduce power loss) in the radial distribution system. As regards, the importance of the reliability and power losses are ignored in the distribution networks; the aim of this paper is primarily to establish an objective function for the parallel optimization of these aforementioned parameters. In the simulation process, ten parameters have been compared, which are: System Average Interruption Frequent Index (SAIFI) and its cost, System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) and its cost, power loss and its cost, the installed capacity and it's cost and values of two objective functions. Honey-bee mating optimization (HBMO) algorithm has been used to solve this problem. Then, the developed technique has been used on the IEEE standard distribution network as a problem-solving system.","PeriodicalId":395350,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliability, Risk and Safety: Theory and Application","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114926843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study on the Multi-state (r, s)-out-of- n Systems with Dependent Components","authors":"Atefe Gheisary, S. Goli","doi":"10.30699/IJRRS.1.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30699/IJRRS.1.11","url":null,"abstract":"In the study of technical systems in reliability engineering, multi-state systems play a useful role. A multi-state system is a system consisting n components that system and its components may have several level performance. In the present paper, we introduce the multi-state (r, s)-out-of-n system consisting n elements having the property that each element consists two dependent components and each component of the elements and the system can be in one of m+1 possible states: 0, 1, 2,..., m. We investigate an efficient method to compute the exact reliability by using the distribution of bivariate order statistics. Depending on the number of active components of the multi-state (r, s)-out-of-n systems at time t, the mean residual lifetime function of the system is studied. Also, an example and illustrative graph is provided.","PeriodicalId":395350,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliability, Risk and Safety: Theory and Application","volume":"744 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122985469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammad Pourgolmohamad, Minoo Mobasher Moghaddam, Morteza Soleimani, Robab Aaghazadeh-chakherlou
{"title":"Probabilistic Physics of Failure (PPOF) Reliability Analysis of RF-MEMS Switches under Uncertainty","authors":"Mohammad Pourgolmohamad, Minoo Mobasher Moghaddam, Morteza Soleimani, Robab Aaghazadeh-chakherlou","doi":"10.30699/IJRRS.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30699/IJRRS.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"MEMS reliability analysis is a challenging area of research which comprises various physics of failure and diverse failure mechanisms. Reliability issues are critical in both design and fabrication phases of MEMS devices as their commercialization is still delayed by these problems. In this research, a hybrid methodology is developed for the reliability evaluation of MEMS devices. Its first step is the identification of dominant failure modes by FMEA, evaluation of failure mechanisms and an updated lifetime estimation by the Bayesian method. The reliability of MEMS devices is studied using probabilistic physics of failure (PPoF) by determining the dominant failure mechanism. Accordingly, a deterministic model is selected for the analysis of the life and reliability of the dominant failure mechanisms. To convert the deterministic model to a probabilistic model, the uncertainty sources affecting the dielectric lifetime are determined. This model is simulated by the utilization of the Monte Carlo method. In the final stage, the results of life estimation are updated using the Bayesian method. Considering wide application and advantages of RF MEMS capacitive switches, it has been selected as a case study. A framework is developed for reliability evaluation of these switches failures due to stiction mechanism. The results contain FMEA table, lifetime estimation in different voltages, number of duty cycles and at the end, updated results of life estimation using the Bayesian method.","PeriodicalId":395350,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliability, Risk and Safety: Theory and Application","volume":"125 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123491929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Software Safety Analysis with UML-Based SRBD and Fuzzy VIKOR- Based FMEA","authors":"S. Oveisi, M. Farsi","doi":"10.30699/IJRRS.1.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30699/IJRRS.1.35","url":null,"abstract":"Software often controls the behavior of mechanical and electrical systems, as well as interactions among their components in cyber-physical systems (CPS). The risks in CPS systems could result in losing tools, features, performance, and even life. Therefore, safety analysis for software in these systems is a highly critical and serious issue. The use of reliability block diagram is a method for checking the safety and reliability of systems. A reliability block diagram is a diagrammatic method for showing how component reliability contributes to the success or failure of a complex system. In this paper, a method for generating RBDs is presented analysis and demonstration of this method capability to evaluation of a software safety by use-case analysis, use-case diagram review, and use-case specification. Then, a Fuzzy VIKOR-based FMEA is used for further evaluation due to the presence of uncertain data. Finally, it is applied to a real CPS.","PeriodicalId":395350,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliability, Risk and Safety: Theory and Application","volume":"143 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121336145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Risk Assessment Model for Exploitation of New Technologies","authors":"A. Khamseh","doi":"10.30699/ijrrs.5.2.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30699/ijrrs.5.2.12","url":null,"abstract":"Considering the importance of risk assessment for exploitation projects of new technologies in the manufacturing power plant equipment industry in MAPNA Group, a suitable model for assessing the related risks was extracted, along with identifying and ranking the factors affecting it. This study was carried out using the library-field method, and data collection tools were questionnaires and interviews. It should be noted that with the review of the literature and study of the related research along with the expert viewpoints, a number of 78 measured variables affecting the risk assessment model for the exploitation of technologies in the power generation industry were extracted. Finally, 43 measured variables that affect the mentioned model were determined after screening by expert judgment and university professors in the form of 8 latent variables. Then, a questionnaire was developed and distributed among 89 experts in the field of power plant equipment, and the completed questionnaires were collected. To test the research model's validation and goodness of fit (GOF), the variables and their effects, confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modeling and Smart PLS software were used, and 24 measured variables were accepted. In addition, paired comparisons with the analysis of the network process and Super Decision software were used to prioritize the variables affecting the risk assessment model for the exploitation of new technologies in power plant equipment industry. The results show that the risk assessment model for exploiting new technologies in the power plant manufacturing industry includes 7 latent variables: 1-Operational and Processes 2-Human 3-Technical and Technological, 4-Environmental and Industrial, 5-Strategic, 6-Financial, and 7-Managerial. Also, ranking showed that variables such as Technical and technological, Operational and Processes, and Human ranked first to third, and financial variables ranked last.","PeriodicalId":395350,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliability, Risk and Safety: Theory and Application","volume":"126 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116583676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Conditional Estimation for related Weibull parameters Under Type-II Censoring","authors":"A. Habibirad, J. Kazempoor","doi":"10.30699/ijrrs.3.1.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30699/ijrrs.3.1.11","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the conditional estimation of the Weibull and its related parameters are introduced. Some interesting properties of this estimator in contrast with the well-known maximum likelihood estimators have been investigated. This task is done under the famous sampling plan type-ii censoring scheme. Because of the complex behavior in the calculation of the likelihood function of the presented scheme in this situation without loss of generality, this problem fixed with the Gumbel (log-Weibull) model. The one to one transformation between these models and satisfying in their parameters enabling us for utilizing this alternative model. Finally, the comparison of this method and maximum likelihood estimation are provided through some numerical results.","PeriodicalId":395350,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliability, Risk and Safety: Theory and Application","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115073855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sensitive Analysis of Tuned Mass on High Cycle Fatigue Safety Factor of Crankshaft","authors":"H. Karimaei","doi":"10.30699/IJRRS.3.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30699/IJRRS.3.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"Torsional vibration (TV) is one of the major issues and very important calculation for the safe running of internal combustion engines, specifically crankshaft. The properties of parts connected to the crankshaft have significant effect on vibration of the system as well as the crankshaft life. Initial selection of this part is usually specified based on engine designer experience and also the torsional vibration calculation of the crank train. In this paper, the focus is to find optimum tuned mass to connect to the crankshaft from the damper side using CAE tools. It is a mounting disk at the free end of the crankshaft named tuned mass. Therefore, the effect of tuned mass inertia on design criteria, especially crankshaft life, was investigated. The results show high sensitivity of high cycle fatigue safety factor of crankshaft to tuned mass. Therefore, adding a suitable tuned mass to the system can increase the crankshaft life, when needed. The results were presented in the paper in detail.","PeriodicalId":395350,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliability, Risk and Safety: Theory and Application","volume":"289 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116453790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}