Pipe failure probability - the Thomas paper revisited

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-217

  Lydell, B O Y ^a  

^a ERIN Engineering and Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CORRELATION METHODS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY;

PIPING RELIABILITY;

PIPING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033702085     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00016-8     Document Type: Article

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