Reporting on research and development results in the field, as well as their applications in major inductries, this volume includes papers on: management of risk; failure analysis and minimization; modern methods of plant surveillance; life assess...

Papers in this volume include: Management of risk; Failure analysis and minimisation; Modern methods of plant surveillance; Life assessment; Case studies, applications of expert systems to problems of corrosion and other damaging processes affecting performance, data collection and analysis. Contributors are leading experts from various parts of the world, reporting up-to-date research and development results as well as their applications in major industries.
The book will be of interest to risk and loss prevention engineers, inspectors, maintenance engineers, consultants, insurance assessors involved in risk management and others whose professional capacities are impacted upon by failures and all aspects of safety. It will be essential reading for owners of plants and others concerned with rational asset management.