Probabilistic Risk and Hazard Assessment: Proceedings of the conference, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 22-23 September 1993

Highlights the multi-disciplinary nature of probabilistic risk and hazard assessment procedures. Topics covered include: Hazard scenario analyses (e.g. HAZOP, FMEA); probabilistic risk assessments; consequence modelling; structural reliability; human error; uncertainty analyses; and risk assessment. Topics are related to the design, construction & operation of chemical & process plants; nuclear facilities; bridges; buildings; offshore structures; dams.

Table of Contents:

Maximising the usefulness of risk assessment, On the treatment of uncertainty information in PRA, An overview of the applicability of PRA techniques to the design of offshore platforms and associated marine operations, Motorways and chemical plants - Risk interaction, Probabilistic analysis in traffic accident risk assessment, Reconciling risk criteria in radiation protection and land use planning, Source term modelling of chlorine release inside buildings, Risk based guidelines for the use of remote impounding basins, A thermal model of deluge cooling water rates for atmospheric storage tanks, A risk-based approach to the characterisation of mine waste rock embankments, Case studies in probabilistic risk assessment, A case study in New South Wales coal mining - Regulatory and industry applications of Participative Risk Assessment, The distribution of the present worth of risky outcomes, Probabilistic assessment of pipeline service life based on pitting corrosion leaks, Risk assessment in the development of serviceability based design criteria for small buildings, The use of software based qualitative risk assessment methodologies in industry, Probability of death and quantification of the value of life, Implications of varying probability in fault tree analysis, Dealing with model uncertainty in Quantified Risk Assessment, Evaluation and control of human error in the management of engineering systems, Incorporating human error in risk assessment, Human error and human reliability for building construction tasks, Safety management systems, Assessment of the safety integrity of programmable electronic systems, A practical method to assess time-dependent structural system reliability, Practical fire risk management, Probabilistic risk acceptance and safety standards for architectural glazing, Society, tolerable risk and the ALARP principle