Reliability is an important element in the performance of hydrokinetic turbines. It is also a driving factor of the … system lifetime cost. In this paper, we perform time-dependent reliability analysis for the blades of a river … strength of the material. The upcrossing rate method is employed to calculate the time-dependent reliability of the …

In this paper, an analysis of the performance, failure and reliability, as well as a spare parts analysis have been …. The Weibull technique was also used for the reliability analysis. The reliability factor in the initial period after one …