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151-2020-00L 4 Credits MSC D-MAVT
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Reliability Engineering and Quantitative Risk Analysis

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Dr. Giovanni Sansavini, Dr. Luca Podofillini, Vinh Dang
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Abstract

This course introduces the fundamentals of reliability and risk analysis, from basic probability concepts to advanced computational techniques, for a variety of industrial application fields. The overall aim is to provide students with a package of methods for systematic and comprehensive system analyses to inform reliability, safety, and resilience.

Objective

At the end of the course, the students will be able to: • Develop risk analysis models for industrial systems (scenarios, undesired events, consequences) • Apply representative tools for quantitative risk analysis (Fault trees and event trees) • Use appropriate measures to understand the contributors (events, components) to system risk • Analyze risk contribution for human factors and incorporate in risk model • Characterize and propagate uncertainties in the risk model parameters - Apply methods to design reliability-, safety-, and resilience-enhancing solutions

Content

Risk definitions and risk/consequence diagrams; Fault trees and event trees; Boolean logic; risk importance measures; component models; reliability data; human reliability analysis; dependent failures and common causes of failure; Bayesian probability theory; uncertainty modeling and propagation; resilience analysis.

General Information

Language
English
Levels
MSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
end-of-semester examination
Mode
oral 30 minutes

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture Reliability Engineering and Quantitative Risk Analysis
  • Wed 13:15-15:00 (HG D 1.1)
2 h weekly
exercise Reliability Engineering and Quantitative Risk Analysis
  • Wed 15:15-16:00 (HG D 1.1)
1 h weekly

Offered In

  • Nuclear Engineering Master (MSc Nuclear Engineering is a joint program of EPF Lausanne and ETH Zurich. The first semester takes place in Lausanne. Students therefore have to enroll at EPFL. For more information about the curriculum and courses see: )