Handbook of RAMS in Railway Systems (eBook, ePUB)

Theory and Practice
Redaktion: Mahboob, Qamar; Zio, Enrico

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Handbook of RAMS in Railway Systems: Theory and Practice addresses the complexity in today's railway systems, which use computers and electromechanical components to increase efficiency while ensuring a high level of safety.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 765
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351978781
• Artikelnr.: 56836440

Autorenporträt

Dr. Engr. Qamar Mahboob has more than 15 years of project experience and several scientific publications in the field of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety. Qualification: degrees (PhD in Railway Risk, Safety and Decision Support from TU Dresden, Germany), (MSc. Transportation Systems form TU Munich, Germany), (MS Total Quality Management from Punjab University Lahore), (BSc. Mechanical Engg. from UET Lahore), (B-Tech from GCT Lahore) Experience: (Pakistan Railways, Maintenance Engineer for rolling stock), (Engineering Risk Analysis Group of TU Munich, Scientific researcher), (Chair of Railway Signalling and Transport Safety Technology of TU Dresden, Scientific researcher), (CERSS.com, RAMS Consultant), (Siemens AG, Germany, Key Senior Expert for RAMS) (HI-TEK Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd. Lahore, Technical Lead), (KKPower International Pvt. Ltd. Lahore, Services Manager), (SEATS Lahore, Director and CTO). E-mail: [e-mail] Prof. Dr. Enrico Zio (M'06-SM' 09) received the MSc degree in nuclear engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 1991 and in mechanical engineering from UCLA in 1995, and the Ph.D. degree in nuclear engineering from Politecnico di Milano and MIT in 1996 and 1998, respectively. He is currently Director of the Chair on Systems Science and the Energetic Challenge of the Foundation Electricite' de France (EDF) at CentraleSupélec, Paris, France, full professor and President of the Alumni Association at Politecnico di Milano, adjunct professor at University of Stavanger, Norway, City University of Hong Kong, Beihang University and Wuhan University, China and Co-Director of the Center for REliability and Safety of Critical Infrastructures (CRESCI), China, visiting professor at MIT university, Massachusetts, USA, Distinguished Guest Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. His research focuses on the modeling of the failure-repair-maintenance behavior of components and complex systems, for the analysis of their reliability, maintainability, prognostics, safety, vulnerability, resilience and security characteristics, and on the development and use of Monte Carlo simulation methods, soft computing techniques and optimization heuristics. He is author or co-author of seven international books and more than 300 papers on international journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Basic Concepts, and Prediction and Estimation Techniques for RAMS.
Introduction to the Requirements for Railway RAMS Management. Practical
Statistics of RAMS Parameters. Basic Methods for RAM Analysis and Decision
Making. Advance Methods for RAM Analysis and Decision Making. Framework for
Risk and Decision Assessment in Engineering Systems. Methodologies for RAM
and Safety Apportionment in Complex Railway Projects. Prognostics
Management in Railways. Health Monitoring of Railway Assets within the
Concept of RAMS. Human Factors in Railways and their Assessment.
Introduction to IT Transformation of Safety and Risk Management Systems.
Methods for Determining Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) in Railways.
Maintainability Analysis Methods in Railways. CIFFA (Component, Interfaces
and Functional Failure Analysis) for Combined and Improved Railway RAMS
Assessment. Reliability Demonstration Tests: Decision Rules and Associated
Risks. RAMS in Practice. Application of Risk Analysis Methods for Railway
Level Crossing Problems. Methodology and Application of RAMS Management
along the Railway Rolling Stock Lifecycle. Demonstration of Reliability and
Availability in Guided Transportation Projects. Modeling Reliability
Analysis of European Train Control System (ETCS). Systems Assurance for the
Railway Electromechanical Products. Formal Reliability Analysis of Railway
Systems using Theorem Proving. RAMS Considerations for MEP and ICT Systems
for Railways. Estimation of Spare Parts based on RAMS Outputs. Decision
Support for Maintenance Engineering: an Integrating Approach towards RAMS.
Decision Support Systems for Railway RAMS: An Application from Railway
Signaling. Maintainability Analysis in Railways: Practical Applications.
Special Topics for RAMS. RAMS and Security. Optimal SIL Determination in
Railways using a Utility-Based Approach. CENELEC Standards for Railway
Signalling. The Role of Independent Assessor in RAMS Assessment. Managing
SIL Certifications: A Guide for Product Suppliers and Product Owners.
Application of the Code of Practices for RAMS Assessment: Real World
Experience from the field of Rail Electrification. Importance of Safety
Culture for RAMS. Railway Security: Policy, Law, and Regulation. Target
Reliability Studies for New and Existing Railway Engineering Structures.