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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book summarizes work being pursued in the context of the CIPRNet (Critical Infrastructure Preparedness and Resilience Research Network) research project, co-funded by the European Union under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The project is intended to provide concrete and on-going support to the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) research communities, enhancing their preparedness for CI-related emergencies, while also providing expertise and technologies for other stakeholders to promote their understanding and mitigation of the consequences of CI disruptions, leading to enhanced resilience. The book collects the tutorial material developed by the authors for several courses on the modelling, simulation and analysis of CIs, representing extensive and integrated CIP expertise. It will help CI stakeholders, CI operators and civil protection authorities understand the complex system of CIs, and help them adapt to these changes and threats in order to be as prepared as possible for mitigating emergencies and crises affecting or arising from CIs.

Pathology --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Medicine. --- Cardiology. --- Hematology. --- Surgery. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Surgery, Primitive --- Haematology --- Internal medicine --- Blood --- Heart --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Physicians --- Diseases --- Computational complexity. --- Computer simulation. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Electrical engineering. --- Complexity. --- Simulation and Modeling. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Communications Engineering, Networks.

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Physical asset management is the management of fixed or non-current assets such as equipment and plant. Physical Asset Management presents a systematic approach to the management of these assets from concept to disposal. Historically, asset management has not been seen as a specific professional activity, but now perceptions are changing. Many organizations are introducing senior positions in asset management, and universities are introducing courses in asset management at graduate and advanced undergraduate level. The broad reach of this book means that it will be applicable to professionals and future professionals across a wide variety of industries, ranging from manufacturing and distribution, to local government. The general principles of physical asset management are discussed in a manner which makes them accessible to a wide audience, and covers all stages of the asset management process, including: initial business appraisal; identification of fixed asset needs; financial evaluation; logistic support analysis; life cycle costing; maintenance strategy; outsourcing; cost-benefit analysis; disposal; and renewal. Physical Asset Management addresses the needs of existing and potential asset managers, and provides an introduction to asset management for professionals in related disciplines, such as finance. The book provides both an introduction and a convenient reference work, covering all the main areas of physical asset management.

Capital investments. --- Industrial equipment. --- Management. --- Industrial equipment --- Capital investments --- Materials Science --- Management Styles & Communication --- Industrial & Management Engineering --- Technology - General --- Mechanical Engineering --- Management --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Business & Economics --- Assets (Accounting) --- Asset-liability management. --- Asset-liability management (Banking) --- Funds management --- Engineering. --- Industrial management. --- Finance. --- Engineering economics. --- Engineering economy. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. --- Innovation/Technology Management. --- Finance, general. --- Financial institutions --- Asset requirements --- Investments

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In this book, Higher Order Statistical (HOS) theory is used to develop indices for detecting and quantifying signal non-Gaussianity and nonlinearity. These indices, together with specific patterns in the mapping of process output and controller output are used to diagnose the causes of poor control loop performance. Often valve stiction is the main cause of poor control performance. A generalized definition of valve stiction based on the investigation of real plant data is proposed. A simple data-driven model of valve stiction is developed. The model is simple, yet powerful enough to properly simulate the complex valve stiction phenomena. Both open and closed loop results have been presented and validated to show the capability of the model. Conventional invasive methods such as the valve travel test can detect stiction easily. However, they are expensive, time consuming and tedious to use for examining thousands of valves in a typical process industry. A non-invasive method that can simultaneously detect and quantify control valve stiction is presented. The method requires only routine operating data from the process. Over a dozen industrial case studies have demonstrated the wide applicability and practicality of this method. In chemical industrial practice, data are often compressed for archival purposes, using various techniques. Compression degrades data quality and induces nonlinearity in the data. The issues of data quality degradation and nonlinearity induction due to compression are investigated in this book. An automatic method for detection and quantification of the compression present in the archived data is discussed. Compelling and quantitative analyses have been recommended to end the practice of process data compression.

Automatic control --- Nonlinear control theory. --- Valves --- Reliability. --- Performance. --- Steam-pipes --- Control theory --- Nonlinear theories --- System safety. --- Control and Systems Theory. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Prevention --- Control engineering. --- Quality control. --- Industrial safety. --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Engineering instruments --- Automation --- Programmable controllers

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The high number of fatal accidents in the mining industry makes mine safety an important issue throughout the world. The risks to life are widespread, ranging from dust explosions and the collapse of mine stopes to flooding and general mechanical errors. Mine Safety combines detailed information on safety in mining with methods and mathematics that can be used to preserve human life. By compiling various recent research results and data into one volume, Mine Safety eliminates the need to consult many diverse sources in order to obtain vital information. It enables readers to delve deeper into a particular area, providing the source of most of the material presented in references at the end of each chapter. Chapters cover a broad range of topics, including: • human factors and error in mine safety; • mining equipment safety; • safety in offshore industry; and • programmable electronic mining system safety. They are written in such a manner that the reader requires no previous knowledge to understand their contents. Examples and solutions are given at appropriate places, and there are numerous problems to test the reader’s comprehension. Mine Safety will prove useful for many individuals, including engineering and safety professionals working in the mining industry, researchers, instructors, and undergraduate and graduate students in the field of mining engineering. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering publishes high-quality books in important areas of current theoretical research and development in reliability, and in areas that bridge the gap between theory and application in areas of interest to practitioners in industry, laboratories, business, and government.

Mine safety. --- Mine safety --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Mechanical Engineering --- Industrial & Management Engineering --- Mining Engineering --- Technology - General --- Materials Science --- Mine accidents --- Mining engineering --- Mining safety --- Prevention --- Safety measures --- Engineering. --- Mineral resources. --- Mathematical models. --- Statistics. --- Manufacturing industries. --- Machines. --- Tools. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Engineering geology. --- Engineering --- Foundations. --- Hydraulics. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Mineral Resources. --- Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics. --- Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools. --- Geology. --- Industrial safety --- Mineral industries

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This open access book contains the research report of the Collaborative Research Center “Micro Cold Forming” (SFB 747) of the University of Bremen, Germany. The topical research focus lies on new methods and processes for a mastered mass production of micro parts which are smaller than 1mm (by forming in batch size higher than one million). The target audience primarily comprises research experts and practitioners in production engineering, but the book may also be of interest to graduate students alike.

Manufactures. --- System safety. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Manufactured goods --- Manufactured products --- Products --- Products, Manufactured --- Commercial products --- Manufacturing industries --- Prevention --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products --- Engineering --- Manufactures --- Quality control --- Reliability