Synthesis and Analysis Methods for Safety and Reliability Studies

✍ Scribed by M. Astolfi, S. Contini, C. L. Van den Muyzenberg, G. Volta (auth.), G. Apostolakis, S. Garribba, G. Volta (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 457
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book originates from the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Synthesis and Analysis Methods for Safety and Reliability Studies held at Sogesta Conference Centre, Urbino, Italy, 3-14 July 1978. The Institute, co-directed by Prof. E.J. Henley and Dr. G. Volta, was attended by 67 persons from twelve countries. The focus of the Institute was on theoretical and applied aspects of reliability and risk analysis methodologies. The Institute was composed of lectures, workshops and gu~ded discussions. From the large quantity of written material that was used and produced during the Institute, a number of papers introducing the most relevant research results and trends in the field have been selected. The papers have been edited, partly rewritten and rearranged in order to obtain in the end an integrat­ ed exposition of methods and techniques for reliability analysis and computation of complex systems. The book is divided into four sections which correspond to fairly homogeneous areas from a methodological point of view. Each section is preceded by an introduction prepared by the Editors which aims at helping the readers to put in perspective and appre­ ciate the contribution of each paper to the subject of the section.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
Fault Tree Analysis by List-Processing Techniques....Pages 5-32
PATREC, a Computer Code for Fault-Tree Calculations....Pages 33-43
Repairable Multiphase Systems - Markov and Fault-Tree Approaches for Reliability Evaluation....Pages 45-58
Reliability Parameters for Chemical Process Systems....Pages 59-77
About the Definition of Coherency in Binary System Reliability Analysis....Pages 79-84
Regeneration Diagrams....Pages 85-94
Uncertainty Propagation in Fault-Tree Analysis....Pages 95-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-107
The Cat Methodology for Fault Tree Construction....Pages 109-128
L.A.M. Technique: Systematic Generation of Logical Structures in Systems Reliability Studies....Pages 129-181
Multivalued Logic in the Representation of Engineering Systems....Pages 183-197
Fault Tree Analysis with Multistate Components....Pages 199-248
Front Matter....Pages 249-250
Reliability Analysis of a Repairable Single Unit Under General Age-Dependence....Pages 251-268
Use of Markov Processes for Reliability Problems....Pages 269-294
Some Considerations on the Markov Approach to Reliability....Pages 295-304
How to Use the Minimal Cuts of Fault Tree Analysis in Markov Modelling....Pages 305-312
Response Surface Methodology in Risk Analysis....Pages 313-327
Optimization Problems on System Supervision....Pages 329-340
Calculation of System Downtimes Resulting from Parallel Subsystem Repair....Pages 341-351
Front Matter....Pages 353-356
Notes on Human Error Analysis and Prediction....Pages 357-389
Improving System Reliability by the Elimination of a Class of Design Errors....Pages 391-399
Front Matter....Pages 353-356
LNG Operations Risk Analyses: Evaluation and Comparison of Techniques and Results....Pages 401-407
Real Time Analysis of Process Plant Alarms....Pages 409-414
Material Control Study: A Directed Graph and Fault-Tree Procedure for Adversary Event Set Generation....Pages 415-435
The Availability of a Computer System Communications Network as Perceived by a User and Viewed Centrally....Pages 437-455
Back Matter....Pages 457-463

✦ Subjects

Operations Research/Decision Theory