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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450684303321

Autore

Zio Enrico

Titolo

An introduction to the basics of reliability and risk analysis [[electronic resource] /] / Enrico Zio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : World Scientific, c2007

ISBN

1-62198-031-6

1-281-12174-6

9786611121747

981-270-741-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Series on quality, reliability & engineering statistics ; ; v. 13

Disciplina

620/.00452

Soggetti

Reliability (Engineering)

Risk assessment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 . Introduction; 2 . Basic concepts of safety and risk analysis; 3 . Methods for hazard identification; 4 . Basics of probability theory for applications to reliability and risk analysis; 5 . Reliability of simple systems; 6 . Availability and maintainability; 7 . Fault tree analysis; 8 . Event tree analysis; 9 . Estimation of reliability parameters from experimental data; Appendix A: Table of Standard Normal Cumulative Distribution; Appendix B: Table of Chi-square Cumulative Distribution

Sommario/riassunto

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 pro