Functional failure modes cause-consequence logic suited for mobile robots used at scientific facilities

Douzi Imran Khan, Seppo Virtanen, Pierre Bonnal and A.k Verma

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2014, vol. 129, issue C, 10-18

Abstract: The scientific facilities emitting ionizing radiation may have some significant failures and hazard issues, in and around their infrastructure. Significantly, this will also cause risks to workers and environment, which has led engineers to explore the use and implementation of mobile robots (MR), in order to reduce or eliminate such risks concerned with safety issues. Safe functioning of MR and the systems working at hazardous facilities is essential and therefore all the systems, structures and components (SSC) of a hazardous facility have to correspond to high reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (=RAMS) demands.

Keywords: Cause-consequence logic; Functional failure modes; Mobile robots; RAMS; Risk; Safety; Simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2014.03.012

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