Generalizing the safety factor approach

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 964-973

  Clausen, Jonas ^a   Hansson, Sven Ove ^a   Nilsson, Fred ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Safety factor; Uncertainty; Uncertainty factor; Uncertainty function; Variability

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MACHINE DESIGN; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

SAFETY FACTORS; TOXICOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY FUNCTIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 33748677263     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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