SAFERELNET: Safety and reliability of industrial products, systems and structures

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 01.0044

Key words (English)

Economic Aspects; Environmental Protection; Industrial Manufacture; Innovation; Technology Transfer; Safety

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: G1RT-CT-2001-05051

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.3.1 Innovative products, processes and organization

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
ETH Zürich
Institut für Baustatik und Konstruktion IBK
HIL E23.3

Abstract (English)

The Thematic Network is concerned with providing safe and cost effective solutions to industrial products, systems, facilities and structures across different industries. The scope of the project is the integrated treatment of the important aspects of design, production, operation of industrial products, systems and structures.

The main emphasis is on the use of reliability-based methods for the optimal design of products, production facilities, industrial systems and structures from the point of view of balancing the economic aspects associated with providing predefined safety levels, with the associated costs of maintenance and availability.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 01.0044