Appendix 1Distributions

Table A1.1. Functional characteristics of the reliability distributions

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Notations:

  • T – lifetime;
  • R(t) – reliability function, t ≥ 0;
  • f(t) – failure fraquency;
  • λ(t) – hazard rate function.

Table A1.2. Reliability indexes

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Notations:

  • μT – lifetime expectations;
  • a1.gif – lifetime variance.

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