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EVALUATING THE RELIABILITY OF COUPLED CONVEYORS

Kuruvilla, Saju A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1196371980

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2007, Master of Science, University of Akron, Electrical Engineering.
Conveyor systems are critical subsystems in many automation systems. Networked embedded devices, such as tiny micro-controllers that are integrated with sensors, actuators and low power radio transceivers, significantly impact the design of future such systems by offering flexible topologies, reduced wiring costs and distributed controllers. To exploit the benefits offered by these technologies, a study of the reliability and dependability of such systems that are regulated by an integrated, embedded, distributed collection of micro-controllers is an important problem. This thesis presents an approach to evaluate the reliability of composable conveyor systems using Fault Trees as the modeling paradigm. The valuable information provided by the methodology, to navigate the design space of such conveyor systems, is illustrated using several examples. The results indicate that while the reliability of sensors has little effect on system-level reliability, wireless link reliability has a significant impact. In the future, similar investigations can focus on developing a methodology for evaluating the reliability of composable automation systems.
Shiva Kumar Sastry (Advisor)
49 p.
CONVEYORS; Fault Trees; Conveyor systems; RELIABILITY; Failure Rate; Fault; COUPLED CONVEYORS

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  • Kuruvilla, S. A. (2007). EVALUATING THE RELIABILITY OF COUPLED CONVEYORS [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1196371980

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kuruvilla, Saju. EVALUATING THE RELIABILITY OF COUPLED CONVEYORS. 2007. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1196371980.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kuruvilla, Saju. "EVALUATING THE RELIABILITY OF COUPLED CONVEYORS." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1196371980

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