Aimed at the problem of the low computational efficiency of the existing urethral-valve reliability analysis, an efficient reliability analysis method of the wireless energy-transmitting urethral-valve (WETUV) was proposed. The method is called FTA-AK-SS, based on the active learning Kriging (AK) model, subset simulation (SS) algorithm, and fault tree analysis (FTA). According to the principle of FTA, we established the fault tree model of the WETUV to determine its minimum cut set and bottom events. Then we defined the random variables affecting its reliability. The U learning function was used to selectively add the sample points of random variables to update the initial Kriging surrogate model. At the same time, combined with the SS algorithm, the reliability and sensitivity analyses of the WETUV were realized. The result shows that compared with the traditional Monte Carlo simulation and FTA-Kriging-SS methods, the proposed method significantly improves the calculation efficiency of the WETUV under the premise of ensuring calculation accuracy. The reliability of the WETUV is greatly affected by the rubber pad’s aging, the receiver coil’s corrosion, and the position deviation. This study can provide a new way to realize a high-efficiency reliability calculation and analysis for urethral valves.
Yin Mao, Li Xiao
. Reliability Research of Wireless Energy Transmitting Urethral Valve Based on FTA-AK-SS[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University(Science), 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/s12204-024-2704-5
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