Dynamic fault tree analysis: Simulation approach

Springer Series in Reliability Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue , 2010, Pages 41-64

  Durga Rao, K ^a   Sanyasi Rao, V V S ^b   Verma, A K ^c   Srividya, A ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC FAULT TREES; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; FAULT TREE ANALYSES (FTA); RELIABILITY AND SAFETIES; SEQUENCE-DEPENDENT; SIMULATION APPROACH; SIMULATION BASED APPROACHES;

FAULT TREE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84951815958     PISSN: 16147839     EISSN: 2196999X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-213-9_2     Document Type: Chapter

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