Dimensioning reserve bus fleet using life cycle cost models and condition based/predictive maintenance: a case study
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2018
Subject Area
mode - bus, infrastructure - fleet management, infrastructure - maintainance
Keywords
LCC, Fleet Reserve, Maintenance, Econometric models, Economic life
Abstract
The paper demonstrates the dependence of a fleet reserve of buses on the maintenance policy of the whole fleet, in particular, condition-based maintenance using a motor oil degradation analysis. The paper discusses an approach to evaluate the oil degradation and the prediction of the next value for one relevant oil variable. The methodology to evaluate the reserve fleet is based on bus availability, estimated through the mean time between failures and the mean time to repair ratios. Through the use of econometric models, it is possible to determine the most rational size of the reserve fleet.
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Recommended Citation
Raposo, H., Farinha, J.T., Ferreira, L., & Galar, D. (2018). Dimensioning reserve bus fleet using life cycle cost models and condition based/predictive maintenance: a case study. Public Transport, Vol. 10, pp. 169-190.
