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: None

When Offered: Fall term annually.

Co-Listed: MANE 4360; Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and the cross-listed course.

Credit Hours: 3