DocumentCode
1342413
Title
Time Dependent Unavailability Analysis of Nuclear Safety Systems
Author
Vesely, W.E. ; Goldberg, F.F.
Author_Institution
Special Assistant for Methodology; 5650 Nicholson Lane; Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Washington, DC 20555 USA.
Issue
4
fYear
1977
Firstpage
257
Lastpage
260
Abstract
A method is presented to predict the time-dependent system unavailability, which includes consideration of the detailed effects of different periodic testing schemes. The FRANTIC computer code is described; it has been developed to study applications of the approach.
Keywords
Accidents; Application software; Availability; Differential equations; Failure analysis; Hardware; Humans; Monitoring; Safety; System testing; Availability; Safety systems; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TR.1977.5220146
Filename
5220146
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