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MANE 6360 - Reactor Reliability and Safety

Theory and applications of reliability and risk assessment. Boolean algebra, logic diagrams, redundancy, and majority-vote configurations. System synthesis by reliability and fault tree techniques, quantitative evaluation, uncertainty analysis. Common cause events, failure data, and failure models. Allocation of risk to subsystems. Availability, repair policies, renewal theory. Operational reliability methods.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MANE 4050 Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems. MATH 4600 Advanced Calculus is recommended.

When Offered: Fall term even-numbered years.



Credit Hours: 3


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