Transportation systems reliability and safety

"During day-to-day use, thousands of lives are lost each year due to accidents, directly or indirectly, resulting from poor transportation system reliability and safety. In the United States, automobile accidents alone result in around 42,000 deaths per year, costing billions of dollars to the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Dhillon, B. S. 1947-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2011.
Subjects
Transportation engineering.
Transportation > Safety measures.
Transportation > Reliability.
Transportation > Security measures.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781439846414
1439846413
9781628706024
1628706023
9781439846407
1439846405
0429064209
9780429064203
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Reliability and safety mathematics
  • 3. Reliability and safety basics
  • 4. Methods for performing transportation system reliability and safety analysis
  • 5. Transportation system failures
  • 6. Transportation system reliability modeling
  • 7. Rail safety
  • 8. Truck and bus safety
  • 9. Airline and ship safety
  • 10. Human error in rail and road transportation systems
  • 11. Human error in aviation and sea transportation systems.

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