Reliability Analysis of <i>k</i>-out-of-<i>n</i> Systems of Components with Potentially Brittle Behavior by Universal Generating Function and Linear Programming

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Series number of components</td><td class="align_center">Behavior of component</td><td class="align_center">Reliability index</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2"><i>i</i> = 1, 2,…,10</td><td class="align_center">Ductile</td><td class="align_center">2.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Brittle</td><td class="align_center">1.5</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Basic parameters of components with potentially brittle behavior.</div>

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Table 4: Reliability Analysis of <i>k</i>-out-of-<i>n</i> Systems of Components with Potentially Brittle Behavior by Universal Generating Function and Linear Programming 

Table 4 | Reliability Analysis of k-out-of-n Systems of Components with Potentially Brittle Behavior by Universal Generating Function and Linear Programming 