Risk, Reliability and Safety: Innovating Theory and Practice

Risk, Reliability and Safety: Innovating Theory and Practice

Author: Lesley Walls

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-11-25

Total Pages: 4767

ISBN-13: 1315349167

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The safe and reliable performance of many systems with which we interact daily has been achieved through the analysis and management of risk. From complex infrastructures to consumer durables, from engineering systems and technologies used in transportation, health, energy, chemical, oil, gas, aerospace, maritime, defence and other sectors, the management of risk during design, manufacture, operation and decommissioning is vital. Methods and models to support risk-informed decision-making are well established but are continually challenged by technology innovations, increasing interdependencies, and changes in societal expectations. Risk, Reliability and Safety contains papers describing innovations in theory and practice contributed to the scientific programme of the European Safety and Reliability conference (ESREL 2016), held at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland (25—29 September 2016). Authors include scientists, academics, practitioners, regulators and other key individuals with expertise and experience relevant to specific areas. Papers include domain specific applications as well as general modelling methods. Papers cover evaluation of contemporary solutions, exploration of future challenges, and exposition of concepts, methods and processes. Topics include human factors, occupational health and safety, dynamic and systems reliability modelling, maintenance optimisation, uncertainty analysis, resilience assessment, risk and crisis management.


An Introduction to the Basics of Reliability and Risk Analysis

An Introduction to the Basics of Reliability and Risk Analysis

Author: Enrico Zio

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 9812706399

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The necessity of expertise for tackling the complicated and multidisciplinary issues of safety and risk has slowly permeated into all engineering applications so that risk analysis and management has gained a relevant role, both as a tool in support of plant design and as an indispensable means for emergency planning in accidental situations. This entails the acquisition of appropriate reliability modeling and risk analysis tools to complement the basic and specific engineering knowledge for the technological area of application.Aimed at providing an organic view of the subject, this book provides an introduction to the principal concepts and issues related to the safety of modern industrial activities. It also illustrates the classical techniques for reliability analysis and risk assessment used in current practice.


Automotive Electronics Reliability

Automotive Electronics Reliability

Author: Ronald K Jurgen

Publisher: SAE International

Published: 2010-08-10

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0768096669

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Vehicle reliability problems continue to be the news because of major vehicle recalls from several manufacturers. This book includes 40 SAE technical papers, published from 2007 through 2010, that describe the latest research on automotive electronics reliability technology. This book will help engineers and researchers focus on the design strategies being used to minimize electronics reliability problems, and how to test and verify those strategies. After an overview of durability, risk assessment, and failure mechanisms, this book focuses on state-of-the-art techniques for reliability-based design, and reliability testing and verification. Topics include: powertrain control monitoring distributed automotive embedded systems model-based design x-by-wire systems battery durability design verification fault tree analysis The book also includes editor Ronald K. Jurgen’s introduction ,“Striving for Maximum Reliability in a Highly Complex Electronic Environment”, and a concluding section on the future of electronics reliability, including networking technology, domain control units, the use of AUTOSAR, and embedded software.


Analysis, Design & Evaluation of Man-Machine Systems

Analysis, Design & Evaluation of Man-Machine Systems

Author: G. Mancini

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2014-06-28

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 1483298094

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Provides a valuable overview of human-machine interaction in technological systems, with particular emphasis on recent advances in theory, experimental and analytical research, and applications related to man-machine systems. Topics covered include: Automation and Operator - task analysis, decision support, task allocation, management decision support, supervisory control, artificial intelligence, training and teaching, expert knowledge; System Concept and Design - software ergonomics, fault diagnosis, safety, design concepts; Man-machine Interface - interface design, graphics and vision, user adaptive interfaces; Systems Operation - process industry, electric power, aircraft, surface transport, prostheses and manual control. Contains 53 papers and three discussion sessions.


Risk, Reliability and Sustainable Remediation in the Field of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Risk, Reliability and Sustainable Remediation in the Field of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Author: Thendiyath Roshni

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2022-03-22

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 0323856993

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Risk, Reliability and Sustainable Remediation in the Field of Civil and Environmental Engineering illustrates the concepts of risk, reliability analysis, its estimation, and the decisions leading to sustainable development in the field of civil and environmental engineering. The book provides key ideas on risks in performance failure and structural failures of all processes involved in civil and environmental systems, evaluates reliability, and discusses the implications of measurable indicators of sustainability in important aspects of multitude of civil engineering projects. It will help practitioners become familiar with tolerances in design parameters, uncertainties in the environment, and applications in civil and environmental systems. Furthermore, the book emphasizes the importance of risks involved in design and planning stages and covers reliability techniques to discover and remove the potential failures to achieve a sustainable development. - Contains relevant theory and practice related to risk, reliability and sustainability in the field of civil and environment engineering - Gives firsthand experience of new tools to integrate existing artificial intelligence models with large information obtained from different sources - Provides engineering solutions that have a positive impact on sustainability


Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis

Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis

Author: Sebastian Martorell

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2008-09-10

Total Pages: 3512

ISBN-13: 1482266482

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Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis. Theory, Methods and Applications contains the papers presented at the joint ESREL (European Safety and Reliability) and SRA-Europe (Society for Risk Analysis Europe) Conference (Valencia, Spain, 22-25 September 2008). The book covers a wide range of topics, including: Accident and Incident Investigation; Crisi


Kernel Smoothing in MATLAB

Kernel Smoothing in MATLAB

Author: Ivana Horová

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9814405485

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Summary: Offers a comprehensive overview of statistical theory and emphases the implementation of presented methods in Matlab. This title contains various Matlab scripts useful for kernel smoothing of density, cumulative distribution function, regression function, hazard function, indices of quality and bivariate density.


Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety in Engineering Design

Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety in Engineering Design

Author: Rudolph Frederick Stapelberg

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-02-17

Total Pages: 842

ISBN-13: 1848001754

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This handbook studies the combination of various methods of designing for reliability, availability, maintainability and safety, as well as the latest techniques in probability and possibility modeling, mathematical algorithmic modeling, evolutionary algorithmic modeling, symbolic logic modeling, artificial intelligence modeling and object-oriented computer modeling.