Safety and Reliability of Industrial Products, Systems and Structures

Preface
Project organizational structure

Framework documents
General framework for safety and reliability of industrial products, systems and structures, C. Guedes Soares
Framework for integrated risk assessment, E. Kragh, M.H. Faber & C. Guedes Soares
Framework for safety, security and sustainability risk management, A.G. Hessami
Framework for maintenance planning, C. Guedes Soares, J. Caldeira Duarte, Y. Garbatov, E. Zio & J.D. Sorensen
Framework for assessment and life extension of existing structures and industrial plants, Ch. Bucher, M. Brehm & H. Bolt

Risk assessment methodology
Risk acceptance criteria in Europe, V.M. Trbojevic
Acceptable safety levels by a socio-economic approach, R. Rackwitz
Risk assessment of natural hazards with applications to landslides and abnormal waves, P.H.A.J.M. van Gelder, F. Nadim & C. Guedes Soares
Efficient practice of risk assessment in design process, S. Medonos
Consequences of explosions in various industries, J. Czujko
Fire risk assessment in buildings, M. Holicky

Human and organisational factors in risk assessments
Techniques for human reliability evaluation, H. Bolt, J. Morris, M. Pedrali, P. Antao & C. Guedes Soares
Analysing the impact of human factors in transport systems, J. Drobiszewski & Z. Smalko
On projects’ and organizations’ performance uncertainty, Ove T. Gudmestad & R.R. Stoelsnes

Reliability based design
Overview of structural reliability methods, T. Vrouwenvelder & H. Karadeniz
Methods of structural reliability applied to design and maintenance planning of ship hulls
and floating platforms, C. Guedes Soares, Y. Garbatov & A.P. Teixeira
Discrete multicriteria reliability-based optimization of spatial trusses, S. Jendo & E. Silicka
Continuous and discrete reliability-based optimization of truss structures, R. Stocki, K. Kolanek, S. Jendo & M. Kleiber

Assessment of existing structures and life extension
Condition monitoring and remaining life assessment approach at the EDP Group, M.P. Gomes Maia
Reliability assessment of a primary school, M. Holicky & J. Markova
Seismic assessment and retrofitting of existing structures in Romania: Background, programs, regulatory basis, D. Lungu & I. Craifaleanu

Risk based inspection and maintenance planning
Maintenance optimization for structures by a renewal model, A. Joanni & R. Rackwitz
Maintenance modelling and optimization applied to safety-related equipment at nuclear power plants, S. Martorell, J.F. Villanueva, S. Carlos & A. Sanchez
Maintenance modeling and optimization applied to power distribution networks, R. Briš, S. Rusek & R. Goňo
Applications of probabilistic safety assessment for vulnerability analyses, M. Čepin
Two computational methods for performing availability analysis of power-systems, M. Bouissou & A.P. Ulmeanu
Production availability, J-P. Signoret
Application of reliability centred maintenance in ship operations, J. Wang, A. Pillay & A. Mokashi
Corrosion of steels in marine environment, monitoring and standards, M. Panayotova, Y. Garbatov & C. Guedes Soares

Strategy in the various industrial sectors
Application of safety and reliability approaches in the power sector: Inside-sectoral overview, K. Lauridsen, E. Hollo & I. Kozine
Risk-based approaches to maritime safety, C. Guedes Soares, A.P. Teixeira & P. Antao
Optimization of operational safety in tunnels, M. Holicky
Integrating QRA and SRA methods within a predictive Bayesian approach: An example from offshore projects, W. Rettedal & T. Aven

Author index

Biography

Carlos Guedes Soares