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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- Hazardous Industries, High-integrity Systems and Management Processes -- The Structure of This Book -- ch. 2 The Design of High-integrity Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Systems for Hazardous Plant Control and Protection -- The Safety Lifecycle for the Development of I&C Systems -- Reliability Requirements for High-integrity Systems -- Hardware and Software Systems Design -- The "Software Problem" and Software Quality Management -- Functional Specifications, Traceability, and the V-model -- High-integrity Software: Setting Up a Software Project -- Techniques and Measures to Produce High-integrity Software -- I&C Failure Analysis Techniques -- Common-mode Failure -- CMF Case Study: Ariane 5 Launch Failure, French Guiana, 1996 -- CMF Case Study: Forsmark, Sweden, 2006 -- I&C Architecture -- I&C Architecture Case Study: The I&C Architecture for the European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) -- |
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Note continued: The Selection of Logic Elements and Vendors for High-integrity Industrial Safety Systems -- Quality Management of Software Suppliers -- Case Study on Smart Devices: A Smart Device Within a Hidden Surprise -- References -- ch. 3 Cyber Security, Cyber-attack and Cyber-espionage -- Stuxnet -- APT1 -- Industrial Control System Architecture and Cyber-attack -- References -- ch. 4 The Human-Machine Interface -- Introduction -- A Note on Pitot Tubes -- Birgenair 301, February 6, 1996 -- Aeroperu 603, October 2, 1996 -- A Note on High-altitude Upsets and Angle of Attack -- Air France 447, June 1, 2009 -- Synthesis -- References -- ch. 5 Some Case Studies of Software and Microprocessor Failures -- Introduction -- Qantas Flight 72: A Serious Incident Involving Smart Devices with Mixed Control and Protection -- Discussion of Qantas 72 Incident -- Uljin Nuclear Power Plant, South Korea, 1999 -- Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, Japan, 2001 -- |
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Note continued: North Sea Pipe Handling System Fatal Accident, 2008 -- Auto Recalls for Software Faults -- References -- ch. 6 Managing the Safety of Aging I&C Equipment -- Introduction: The Problem of Aging I&C Equipment -- Basic Knowledge and Understanding That Must be Retained by the Plant Operators -- I&C Lifecycle Issues -- Maintenance Management -- Maintenance Planning -- Procurement Aspects -- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Aging I&C Equipment -- Specific Aging Failure Mechanisms -- Case Study: Buncefield 2005 -- References -- ch. 7 Learning from Ignorance: A Brief History of Pressure Vessel Integrity and Failures -- The Sultana Disaster, Tennessee, 1865 -- Boiler Explosions and Developments in Boiler Technology During the First Industrial Revolution -- The Cockenzie Steam Drum Failure, 1966 -- Modeling the Fracture of Pressure Vessels -- The Accuracy and Reliability of Non-destructive Examination -- |
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Note continued: Dounreay, 1981: Safety Valve Testing on a Steam Drum -- The SS Norway Boiler Explosion, Miami, 2003 -- References -- ch. 8 The Second Industrial Revolution: A Brief History of Computing -- References -- ch. 9 Introduction: Organization and Safety Culture -- The Swiss Cheese Model -- Royal Air Force Nimrod Crash, Afghanistan, September 2, 2006 -- The Meaning of Safety in a Military Environment -- References -- ch. 10 Management Systems to Prevent or Mitigate Accidents -- The Health, Safety and Environmental Management System -- Personnel Recruitment and Training -- Safe Working Arrangements -- Design Engineering and Safety Functional Requirements -- Technical Safety and Technical Risk Assessments -- Engineering Changes and Safety Case Changes -- Accident and Incident Investigations -- Emergency Planning -- Corrective Action Tracking -- Synthesis -- ch. 11 The Human Factor -- Introduction -- The Port of Ramsgate Walkway Accident, 1994 -- |
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Note continued: Saudia Flight 163: Human Behavior During Crisis Management -- Conclusions -- References -- ch. 12 Hydrocarbon Processing -- Pipeline Rupture and Fire, Washington State, USA, June 10, 1999 -- Equilon Anacortes Refinery Coking Plant Accident, November 25, 1998 -- References -- ch. 13 Offshore Oil and Gas: Piper Alpha and Mumbai High -- Piper Alpha Accident and the Cullen Report -- Offshore Safety Training -- Mumbai High, July 2005 -- Piper Alpha and Mumbai High: Common Lessons? -- References -- ch. 14 BP -- Introduction -- BP Texas City Refinery: Prelude to the Accident -- The Accident at BP Texas City -- Aberdeen 2007 to 2009 -- The Macondo-Deepwater Horizon Blowout, Fire and Oilspill, April to July 2010 -- The Macondo-Deepwater Horizon Accident, April 20, 2010 -- So What Went Wrong? -- Why did the Blowout Preventer Fail to Work? -- Aftermath -- Texas City and Macondo-Deepwater Horizon: Can any General Conclusions be Drawn about BP? -- |
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Note continued: References -- ch. 15 Chernobyl and Fukushima -- Prelude: Tourism Behind the Iron Curtain, 1984 -- Generic Technical Safety Requirements for All Nuclear Reactors -- Stability and Predictability of Nuclear Reactor Behavior -- Nuclear Reactor Technology in the Soviet Union -- The Chernobyl Accident -- Aftermath: Radiological and Health Consequences -- Chernobyl: Indirect Causes of the Accident -- The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, March 11, 2011 -- The Accidents at Fukushima Daiichi -- Major Technical Issues -- Other Lessons Learned, Cultural Issues, and Consequences for the Nuclear Industry Elsewhere -- Radiological and Health Consequences -- Common Threads Between Chernobyl and Fukushima: National Cultural Issues and Independent Nuclear Safety Regulation -- References -- ch. 16 Toxic Releases -- Introduction: Seveso, Bhopal, Mississauga, Sandoz -- Toxic Releases at DuPont Belle, West Virginia, January 22-23, 2010 -- References -- |
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Note continued: ch. 17 Tragedies of the Commons -- The Great Stink of 1858 -- The Great London Smog of 1952 -- World Population in the Twenty-first Century -- Global Warming in the Twenty-first Century -- References -- ch. 18 Conclusions -- Some Key Themes in Safety Instrumented Systems -- Some Key Themes in Safety Management -- Final Words -- Further Reading -- Technical Safety Assessment and Accident Case Studies -- Other Books and Reports -- Regulatory Guides and Standards -- References -- Appendix1 Experience and judgement -- Appendix 2 Roger Boisjoly, the Challenger accident, and whistle-blowing -- References. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014954003 |
| ISBN | 9780128019962 |
| ISBN | 0128019964 |
