Reliability and availability of a shipyard ship-rope elewator in variable operation conditions

In the paper the environment and infrastructure influence of the ship-rope elevator operating in Naval Shipyard in Gdynia on its operation processes is considered. The results are presented on the basis of a general model of technical systems operation processes related to their environment and infrastructure. The elevator operation process is described and its statistical identification is given. Next, the elevator is considered in varying in time operation conditions with different its components’ reliability functions in different operation states. Finally, the reliability, risk and availability evaluation of the elevator in variable operation conditions is presented.