Title :
Time Dependent Unavailability Analysis of Nuclear Safety Systems
Author :
Vesely, W.E. ; Goldberg, F.F.
Author_Institution :
Special Assistant for Methodology; 5650 Nicholson Lane; Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Washington, DC 20555 USA.
Abstract :
A method is presented to predict the time-dependent system unavailability, which includes consideration of the detailed effects of different periodic testing schemes. The FRANTIC computer code is described; it has been developed to study applications of the approach.
Keywords :
Accidents; Application software; Availability; Differential equations; Failure analysis; Hardware; Humans; Monitoring; Safety; System testing; Availability; Safety systems; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1977.5220146
