PFD of higher-order configurations of SIS with partial stroke testing capability

Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications - Proceedings of the Joint ESREL and SRA-Europe Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1919-1928

  Oliveira, Luiz Fernando S ^a  

^a DNVEnergy Solutions South America ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICAL EQUATIONS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COMMON CAUSE FAILURE; HIGHER ORDER; K-OUT-OF-N; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; PARTIAL STROKE TESTING; REDUNDANCY CONFIGURATION; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; REDUNDANCY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY TESTING;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 79952324022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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