1. Background and terminology
1.1 Definition of aging
There are many possible definitions of aging.
We retain the proposed definition by the Nuclear Energy Agency and adopted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI): the process by which the characteristics of a system, structure or component (SSC) gradually change with time or use.
In the rest of the text, we also use the terminology in the following box, taken from the same reference.
Failure analysis: systematic process for determining and documenting the mechanisms and surface and root causes of SSC failure.
Service conditions: actual...
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Identifying the aging process
Bibliography
Software tools
IBTV (Bayesian Inference for Treatment of Aging), software owned by EDF
ARCS (Age Réel des Composants), software owned by EDF
Rexpert, frequency and Bayesian software produced by Siadcom 1.
[email protected] Lifetime, EDF proprietary software
Standards and norms
- Norme Européenne, Terminologie de la maintenance. - NF EN 13306 - juin 2001
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