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MANE 4360 - 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: Prerequisite: ENGR 2600  and MANE 4400 ; or permission of the instructor.

When Offered: Spring term annually

Co-Listed: MANE 6360 ; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and the co-listed course.

Credit Hours: 3



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