Applications of SPICE simulation software to the study of reliability and availability in electrical engineering education

Muhammad Taher Abuelma'atti; Isa Salman Qamber

doi:10.1109/TE.2002.1024612

Applications of SPICE simulation software to the study of reliability and availability in electrical engineering education

Muhammad Taher Abuelma'atti^*, Isa Salman Qamber

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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

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Abstract

The effectiveness of SPICE in calculating probabilities, reliability, steady-state availability, and mean time to failure of repairable systems described by Markov models is demonstrated. Two examples are presented. The first example is a two-unit, warm standby, microcomputer system with self-reset function and repair facility. The second example is a robotic system comprising two identical robots and one safety system. In both cases, the results obtained using SPICE are compared with previously published results obtained using the Laplace transform method. Full SPICE listings are included.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	209-217
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Education
Volume	45
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TE.2002.1024612
State	Published - Aug 2002

Keywords

Markov model
Reliability analysis
SPICE simulation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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