Optimizing inspection and maintenance (I&M) plans for a large deteriorating structure is computationally challenging task, in particular if one considers interdependences among its components. This due to the sheer number of possible decision alternatives over lifetime uncertainty surrounding deterioration processes, structural performance outcomes actions. To address this challenge, Luque Stra...

This paper presents a dynamic grouping maintenance strategy for multi-component systems with positive economic dependence, which implies that combining maintenance activities is cheaper than performing maintenance on components separately. Preventive maintenance durations and occurrences of maintenance activities within the scheduling horizon are considered. Moreover, in presence of opportuniti...

In this paper, a single-product, single-machine system under Markovian deterioration of machine condition and demand uncertainty is studied.  The objective is to find the optimal intervals for inspection and preventive maintenance activities in a condition-based maintenance planning with discrete monitoring framework. At first, a stochastic dynamic programming model whose state variable is the ...

This paper analyzes an existing maintenance management system in a cement factory in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia using a modified questionnaire. The analysis shows that there are strong areas such as predictive maintenance and maintenance automation. Other areas are found weak such as training programs and maintenance reporting. Some areas are found mix between strong and weak such as maintenan...

Aircraft maintenance planning is of critical importance to the safe and efficient operations of an airline. It is common to solve the aircraft routing and maintenance planning problems many months in advance, with the solution spanning multiple days. An unfortunate consequence of this approach is the possible infeasibility of the maintenance plan due to frequent perturbations occurring in opera...

The paper will provide a lifecycle cost-benefit analysis of the use of Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) systems and a conditioned-based maintenance (CBM) concept in future aircraft. The proposed methodology is based on a discrete-event simulation for aircraft operation and maintenance and uses an optimization algorithm for the planning and scheduling of CBM tasks. In the study, a 150seat...

The general objective of this work is to evaluate the application impact of the RCM (Reliability-Centered Maintenance) methodology on a power generating system. The RCM warrants significant improvements in the maintenance-functions performance, and also an increase in reliability and availability of equipments. It permits the definition of a maintenance planning in a structured form. It was dev...

The objective of this work consists in the analysis of reliability in process plants in order to manage the failure risks and avoid them considering the probability of failure among other important criteria. The preventive maintenance is an important function for the better operation of any enterprise; we propose the ranking of process equipment according with their criticality for the operatio...