Uncertainty Management in Reliability Assessment: By Identifying, Quantifying, and Prioritizing the Aleatory and Epistemic Uncertainties - Softcover

Karanki, Durga Rao

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3843366950 ISBN 13: 9783843366953

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Reliability analyses for complex engineering systems inevitably involve uncertainties. Uncertainty management is essential for practical usability and credibility of reliability based decision making. An overview of the basic concepts of uncertainty propagation, together with simple and practical illustrations is presented. The issues of uncertainty management addressed in this book include: identifying the sources of uncertainty in reliability analyses, characterizing them at the element level, propagating them to the system level, recommending ways to handle the important contributors, and taking decisions in the light of uncertainties. All these issues are discussed with several case studies from nuclear power plants including electrical, electronic, and mechanical systems. This book is designed to assist practicing engineers, managers, and researchers involved in reliability and safety activities of complex engineering systems.

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About the Author

DR Karanki graduated in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the Nagarjuna University (India), and holds MTech and PhD degrees from the IIT Kharagpur and Bombay respectively. He worked (2002-2008) in BARC as a Scientific Officer (E). He is a member of the editorial board of IJPE and IJSAEM. He is presently a Scientist at the PSI, Switzerland.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3843366950
• ISBN 13: 9783843366953
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212