Estimation of the functional failure probability of a thermal-hydraulic passive system by Subset Simulation

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 580-599

  Zio, E ^a   Pedroni, N ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FAST REACTORS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; HYDRAULICS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

A THERMALS; ACCURATE ESTIMATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORTS; CONDITIONAL EVENTS; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; EFFICIENT METHODS; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; FAILURE PROBABILITIES; FUNCTIONAL FAILURES; GAS-COOLED; MARKOV-CHAIN MONTE-CARLO; METROPOLIS ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; NON-TRIVIAL TASKS; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; NUMERICAL VALUES; PASSIVE DECAYS; PASSIVE SYSTEMS; RANDOM SAMPLINGS; STEADY-STATE MODELS; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITIES; SYSTEM RESPONSE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 59849121259     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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