Advances in System Reliability Engineering. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mangey Ram, J. Paulo Davim.
• Editors: Ram, Mangey; Davim, J. Paulo
• Contents: Front Cover; Advances in System Reliability Engineering; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Editors Biography; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Delay-Time-Based Maintenance Modeling for Technical Systems-Theory and Practice; 1. Introduction; 2. Delay-Time Models for Single-Unit Systems; 2.1. Delay-Time Models for Single-Unit Systems With a Two-Stage Failure Process; 2.1.1. DTM for a Single-Defect Case; 2.1.2. DTM for a Multidefect Case; 2.1.3. Approximation Modeling Case; 2.1.4. Preparedness Systems Maintenance Case; 2.1.5. Postponed Maintenance Case 2.2. Delay-Time Models for Single-Unit Systems With a Three-Stage Failure Process2.3. Other Maintenance Models for Single-Unit Systems Where DTA Has Been Used; 3. Delay-Time Models for Multiunit Systems; 3.1. Delay-Time Models for Complex Systems; 3.1.1. Delay-Time-Based Models With Parameters Estimation; 3.1.2. Basic DT Models for Complex Systems; 3.1.3. Hybrid Delay-Time Based Models; 3.1.4. Delay-Time-Based Model Applications; 3.1.5. Other Maintenance Models Where DTA Has Been Used; 3.2. Delay-Time Models for Systems With Nonseries Reliability Structures; 4. Case Study 5. Summary and Directions for Future ResearchReferences; Chapter 2: Deterministic and Probabilistic Safety Analyses; 1. Introduction; 2. Concepts on Safety Analysis; 2.1. As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP); 2.2. Defense-in-Depth; 2.3. Design Basis Accidents (DBAs); 2.4. Deterministic Safety Analysis (DSA); 2.5. Endpoint Distance; 2.6. Exclusion Area; 2.7. Hazard; 2.8. Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA); 2.9. Risk; 2.10. Safety; 2.11. Single Failure; 3. Deterministic Safety Analysis (DSA); 3.1. Identification of Design Basis Events; 3.2. Equipment Performance Analysis 3.3. Human Actions Analysis3.4. Analysis of Plant Response; 3.5. Acceptance Criteria Selection; 3.6. Selection of Modification Alternatives; 3.7. Definition of Design and Operational Requirements; 4. Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA); 4.1. Scope of PSA; 4.2. Initiating Event Analysis; 4.3. Database/Operational Practices Analysis; 4.4. Reliability/Availability Analysis; 4.5. Human Reliability Analysis (HRA); 4.6. Scenario Modeling; 4.7. Event Sequence Frequency Assessment; 4.8. Consequence Assessment; 4.9. Risk Assessment and Integration; 4.10. Safety Goal Definition 4.11. Selection of Modification Alternatives4.12. Design and Operational Requirements; 5. Techniques for Safety Analysis; 5.1. Available Techniques for DSA and PSA; 5.2. Choosing Adequate Techniques for DSA and PSA; 6. PSA as a Complement to DSA; 7. Case Study; 7.1. Deterministic Safety Analysis (DSA) Applied to the Case Study; 7.2. Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA) Applied to the Case Study; 8. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Reliability-Game Theory; 1. Problems and Basic Concepts; 2. Analysis for Reliability Problems; 2.1. Model 1
• Publisher Details: London : Elsevier Ltd Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620.00452; Reliability (Engineering); Time delay systems; Wind power; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Reference; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128162729; 0128162724
• Related ISBNs: 9780128159064
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 28, 2018).
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