Dependability assesment of open-pit mines equpment - study on the bases of fuzzy algebra rules

Abstract

This article aims to present a new approach for assessing of maintenance support and model for its introduction into dependability concept. Process of expertise judgment is used directly for assessing the organization of maintenance support and it is shown in the form of linguistic variables as appropriate fuzzy sets. For the introduction of maintenance support into dependability, fuzzy composition is used. Since reliability and maintainability are also influential indicators of dependability, it was necessary to develop a methodology for fuzzification of corresponding reliability and maintainability probability functions. This methodology is developed by using empirical scaling. The proposed approach has been applied to different types of bulldozers, as a usual technical system that operates at open pit mine.