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1 online resource (265 pages) |
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What Every Engineer Should Know Ser. ; v. Vol. 36 |
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What Every Engineer Should Know Ser
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Risk Engineering -- Dealing with System Complexity and Engineering Dynamics; 1.1 Understanding Failure Is Critical to Engineering Success; 1.2 Risk Assessment- Quantification of Potential Failures; 1.3 Risk Engineering -- Converting Risk into Opportunities; 1.4 Engineering -- A Profession of Managing Technical Risk; References; Chapter 2. Risk Identification- Understanding the Limits of Engineering Designs; 2.1 The Fall of Icarus- Limits of Engineering Design; 2.2 Overload of Failures: Fracture and Its Mechanics |
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2.3 Wear-Out Failures: Crack Initiation and Growth2.4 Environmental Impact: Temperature-Related Failure; 2.5 Software and Related ""Hard"" Failures; References; Chapter 3. Risk Assessment-Extending Murphy's Law; 3.1 Titanic: Connoisseurs of Engineering Failure; 3.2 Risk Assessment: ""I low Likely It Is That A Thing Will Go Wrong; 3.3 Risk Assessment for Multiple Failure Modes; 3.4 Fault Tree Analysis: Deductive Risk Assessment; 3.5 Event Tree Analysis: Inductive Risk Assessment; 3.6 A Risk Example: The TMI Accident; 3.7 An International Risk Scale; References |
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Chapter 4. Design for Risk Engineering-The Art of War Against Failures4.1 Challenger: Challenging Engineering Design; 4.2 Goal Tree: Understand ""What"" and ""How; 4.3 FMEA: Failure Mode and Effect Analysis; 4.4 Redundancy and Fault Tolerance; 4.5 References; Chapter 5. Risk Acceptability-Uncertainty in Perspective; 5.1 Uncertainty: Why Bridges Fall Down; 5.2 Risk Mitigation: How Buildings Stand Up; 5.3 From Safety Factor to Safety Index; 5.4 Converting Safety Index into Probability of Failure; 5.5 Quantitative Safety Goals: Probability vs. Consequence |
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5.6 Risk and Benefit: Balancing the Engineering EquationReferences; Chapter 6. From Risk Engineering to Risk Management; 6.1 Panama Canal: Recognizing and Managing Risk; 6.2 Project Risk Assessment: Quantify Risk Triangle; 6.3 Project Risk Control; References; Chapter 7. Cost Risk-Interacting with Engineering Economy; 7.1 Engineering: The Art of Doing Well Inexpensively; 7.2 Taguchi's Robust Design: Minimize Total Cost; 7.3 Step 1: Identify System Function and Noise Factors; 7.4 Step 2: Identify Total Cost-Function and Control Factors |
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7.5 Step 3: Design Matrix of Experiments and Define Data Analysis7.6 Step 4: Conduct Experiments and Data Analysis; 7.7 Step 5: Prediction of Cost-Risk Under Selected Parameter Levels; 7.8 Life-Cycle Cost Management (LCCM); References; Chapter 8. Schedule Risk-Identifying and Controlling Critical Paths; 8.1 Schedule: Deliver Engineering Products on Time; 8.2 Critical Path: Driver of Schedule Risk; 8.3 Find and Analyze Critical Path; 8.4 Schedule Risk for a Single Dominant Critical Path; 8.5 Schedule Risk for Multiple Critical Paths; References |
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Chapter 9. Integrated Risk Management and Computer Simulation |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Reliability (Engineering)
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Risk assessment.
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Risk management.
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Risk Assessment
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Risk Management
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risk assessment.
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risk management.
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Reliability (Engineering)
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Risk assessment
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Risk management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Roush, Marvin L
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| ISBN |
9781482293579 |
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1482293579 |
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