SYSTEM SAFETY APPLICATIONS TO TRANSPORTATION SAFETY

The paper reviews existing system safety techniques and discusses their possible transfer and applicability to transportation safety. An application of system safety analysis techniques to an automobile braking system is presented.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 4th Annual Intersociety Conference on Transportation, Los Angeles, California, July 18-23, 1976, see also RRIS 26 148247.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Horodniceanu, M
  • Cantilli, E J
  • Shooman, M
  • Pignataro, L J
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 7 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hazard analysis; Risk analysis; Safety engineering
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148255
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper TE-2 Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM