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Book Assuring Safety in High speed Magnetically Levitated  maglev  Systems

Download or read book Assuring Safety in High speed Magnetically Levitated maglev Systems written by Shuichiro Daniel Ota and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magnetic levitation is a railway technology that enables vehicles to be magnetically suspended above their tracks. Although this technology is still under development, magnetically levitated (maglev) systems have great potential to introduce significant changes in today's transportation networks. This thesis proposes an approach to assuring safety in high-speed maglev systems. It examines characteristic features of the systems, and analyzes the Japanese commuter railway accident in 2005, using Systems Theory Accident Modeling and Processes (STAMP) and System Dynamics models. The characteristic features reveal that the likelihood and potential severity of accidents in maglev systems are higher than those in conventional railway systems because of their high speed, levitation technology, software intensiveness, and other factors. A primary lesson learned from the accident is the importance of risk/hazard analysis that can qualitatively focus on the severity of accidents and human factors. These findings are put together in the form of requirements of risk/hazard analysis and organizational structures. This thesis demonstrates that these requirements, which are not entirely consistent with current actual practices based on international railway standards, conform well to the fundamentals of System Safety, which is an organized and established method to assure safety in complex systems.

Book New Ways

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  • Publisher : DIANE Publishing
  • Release : 1992-07
  • ISBN : 9780941375825
  • Pages : 118 pages

Download or read book New Ways written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1992-07 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assesses what is currently known about tiltrotor and maglev, and what roles these and other advanced technologies could play in improving intercity transportation.

Book Safety of high speed magnetic levitation transportation systems   comparison of U S  and foreign safety requirements for application to U S  maglev systems

Download or read book Safety of high speed magnetic levitation transportation systems comparison of U S and foreign safety requirements for application to U S maglev systems written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Engineering a Safer World

Download or read book Engineering a Safer World written by Nancy G. Leveson and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-12-16 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new approach to safety, based on systems thinking, that is more effective, less costly, and easier to use than current techniques. Engineering has experienced a technological revolution, but the basic engineering techniques applied in safety and reliability engineering, created in a simpler, analog world, have changed very little over the years. In this groundbreaking book, Nancy Leveson proposes a new approach to safety—more suited to today's complex, sociotechnical, software-intensive world—based on modern systems thinking and systems theory. Revisiting and updating ideas pioneered by 1950s aerospace engineers in their System Safety concept, and testing her new model extensively on real-world examples, Leveson has created a new approach to safety that is more effective, less expensive, and easier to use than current techniques. Arguing that traditional models of causality are inadequate, Leveson presents a new, extended model of causation (Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes, or STAMP), then shows how the new model can be used to create techniques for system safety engineering, including accident analysis, hazard analysis, system design, safety in operations, and management of safety-critical systems. She applies the new techniques to real-world events including the friendly-fire loss of a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter in the first Gulf War; the Vioxx recall; the U.S. Navy SUBSAFE program; and the bacterial contamination of a public water supply in a Canadian town. Leveson's approach is relevant even beyond safety engineering, offering techniques for “reengineering” any large sociotechnical system to improve safety and manage risk.

Book Moving America  New Directions  New Opportunities

Download or read book Moving America New Directions New Opportunities written by United States. Federal Railroad Administration and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1992

Download or read book Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1992 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1992  1992 budget justifications  Department of Transportation

Download or read book Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1992 1992 budget justifications Department of Transportation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Development of High speed Transportation Corridors  Including Those which May Utilize Magnetic Levitation Technology

Download or read book Development of High speed Transportation Corridors Including Those which May Utilize Magnetic Levitation Technology written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: