Risk assessment and risk analysis are now firmly fixed in theengineer's lexicon. Every engineering project, contract,piece of equipment and design requires this discipline by law.Reliability is the other key element in the mix for smooth runningengineering projects and operations. In the modern industrial era, economic factors have resulted inthe construction and operation of larger and more complex processplant. Accidents at these types of plants have led to notoriousincidents such as Flixborough, Bhopal, Chernobyl, and Piper Alpha.Engineers are working to maximize the benefits of modern processingtechnology while reducing the safety risks to acceptable levels.However, each processing plant has unique problems and each must beindividually assessed to identify, evaluate, and control associatedhazards. The first edition of Reliability and Risk Assessment was aheadof its time. The world has caught up with Andrews and Moss and thisfully revised second edition takes the analysis further and bringsa more practical slant with greater and extensive use of casestudies. Reliability and Risk Assessment is for professionalengineers but will also prove invaluable for postgraduate studentsinvolved in reliability and risk assessment research. KEY FEATURES: * Rigourous mathmatical descriptions of the most importanttechniques, particularly fault tree analysis and Markovmethods. * Practical examples of the application of thesetechniques to real-life problems. * Self-contained chapters detail methods of reliability and riskassessment. * Worked examples clarify the text and highlight salientpoints. * Three new detailed case studies include: FMECA for a gasturbine system; in-service inspection of structural components, anda business interruption risk analysis.weiterlesen