Stochastic Models for Common Failures of Components.

Abstract

Much of the literature dealing with system failures assumes that individual subsystems or components are stochastically independent. In this report, some models that have been used for analyzing dependent failures are examined and one new time dependent stress-strength(loading) model is proposed. These models are of particular interest in the probabilistic risk assessment of nuclear reactors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA141490

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People

  • B. Harris

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Literature
  • Mathematics
  • Normal Distribution
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Risk Analysis
  • Square Roots
  • Statistical Inference
  • Statistics
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  • Wisconsin

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