Reliability theory and applications to risk analysis of power components and systems

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy System

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 249-256

  Foschi, Ricardo O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design; Performance; Probability; Reliability; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BENDING STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

POLE DISTRIBUTION LINES; POWER COMPONENTS;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0347946940     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2003.10.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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