RISK AND ENGINEERING

摘要

Engineers are accustomed to dealing with uncertainties in the properties and behaviour of materials. Each discipline has developed over time, methods and procedures to continuously enhance the safe and reliable operation of products and processes. The successes of these procedures is evident all around us, whether in respect of small electronic devices, intercontinental flight in twin-engine civil airliners, domestic appliances or countless other examples. The risk management methodologies employed to achieve this level of performance are often very sophisticated and involve logic, judgement and complex numerical procedures.