Reliability modeling of surface controlled subsurface safety valves

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 159-166

  Rausand, Marvin ^a   Vatn, Jørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; RISKS; SAFETY VALVES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

HYDRAULIC PRESSURE; MEAN FRACTIONAL DEAD TIME; MEAN TIME TO FAILURE;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0032108841     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00066-5     Document Type: Article

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