Development and application of risk-analysis techniques and associated data bases. Final report, 1 September 1981-15 May 1983

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6041397

Moore, L T

This final report concludes the project dealing with risk analysis techniques and related data bases. The bulk of the reporting on the project was contained in the Technical Report of December, 1983, but this report contains a more-extensive description of the use of the FRANTIC II computer program. The FRANTIC (Formal Reliability Analysis including Normal Testing, Inspection, and Checking Program) is a FORTRAN Computer Code which computes the average and time-dependent unavailability of any general system model such as a fault tree or event tree, incorporating in detail the effects of different periodic testing schemes. The program can be used to assess the effects on system unavailability of test downtimes, repair times, test efficiency, test bypass capabilities, test-caused failures, and different test staggerings. In addition to periodically tested components, non-repairable and monitored components can be modeled as can human error and common causes of failures. The FRANTIC-II Code incorporates the use of the Weibull distribution, which has a time-dependent failure rate.

• Research Organization: West Virginia Univ., Morgantown (USA). Dept. of Industrial Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: AT21-81MC16505
• OSTI ID: 6041397
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/16505-T1; ON: DE83012244
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990200* -- Mathematics & Computers
AVAILABILITY
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
COMPUTER CODES
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
F CODES
FAULT TREE ANALYSIS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
POWER PLANTS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RELIABILITY
RISK ASSESSMENT
SYSTEM FAILURE ANALYSIS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS