The present paper indicates that redundant shearing strains depend on the homogeneous strain rate and in consequnce of that, a unique equation relating redundancy to geometry factors, otherwise applicable to drawing, may not be sufficient...

This article deals with the problem of allocating redundancies for improving engineering system performances where component lifetimes are dependent and heterogeneous and an active policy is possible. Stochastic orders are implemented for comparing...

This paper deals with the problem of allocating spare components for improving the system reliability when lifetimes of components are dependent. Two policies, called active and standby redundancies, are investigated in details. The optimal...

Redundancy is a technique that has been widely applied to improve the system

reliability and its availability. In this paper, a new switching model is proposed to

increase the reliability of a unit (system) with a cold standby backup...