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Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.5.2 Laplace and Inverse Laplace Transform -- 6.6 Weibull Renewal with Increasing Failure Rate -- 6.6.1 Transient Renewal Function -- 6.6.2 Approximation without Oscillation -- 6.6.3 Approximation with Oscillation -- 6.7 Renewal under Deterministic Fleet Expansion -- 6.7.1 Superimposed Exponential Renewal -- 6.7.2 Superimposed Erlang Renewal -- 6.7.3 Lead‐Time Renewal -- 6.8 Renewal under Stochastic Fleet Expansion -- 6.8.1 Aggregate Exponential Renewal -- 6.8.2 Lead‐Time Renewal -- 6.9 Case Study -- 6.9.1 Installed Base of Wind Turbines in the USA -- 6.9.2 Spare Parts Prediction under Fleet Expansion -- References -- Chapter 7 Performance‐Based Maintenance -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Corrective Maintenance -- 7.2.1 Classification of Maintenance Policy -- 7.2.2 Corrective Maintenance Management -- 7.3 Preventive Maintenance -- 7.3.1 Block Replacement -- 7.3.2 Age‐Based Replacement -- 7.4 Condition‐Based Maintenance -- 7.4.1 Principle of Condition‐Based Maintenance -- 7.4.2 Proportional Hazard Model -- 7.4.3 Gamma Degradation Process -- 7.4.4 Stationary Gamma Degradation Process -- 7.5 Inverse Gaussian Degradation Process -- 7.5.1 Distribution of Inverse Gaussian Process -- 7.5.2 Probability Density Function of First Passage Time -- 7.6 Non‐Stationary Gaussian Degradation Process -- 7.6.1 The Degradation Model -- 7.6.2 Hypothesis Testing -- 7.6.3 Estimation of Remaining Useful Life -- 7.7 Performance‐Based Maintenance -- 7.7.1 The Rise of Performance‐Driven Service -- 7.7.2 Procedures for PBM Implementation -- 7.7.3 Five Overarching Performance Measures -- 7.7.4 Reliability and MTBF Considering Usage Rate -- 7.7.5 Operational Availability under Corrective Maintenance -- 7.7.6 Operational Availability under Preventive Maintenance -- 7.8 Contracting for Performance‐Based Logistics -- 7.8.1 Incentive Payment Schemes…”

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