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TPK5160 - Risk Analysis

About

Examination arrangement

Examination arrangement: Written examination and Work
Grade: Letters

Evaluation Weighting Duration Grade deviation Examination aids
Skriftlig eksamen 60/100 4 timer
Arbeider 40/100

Course content

Definition and discussion of basic concepts of risk analysis. Risk metrics. Risk acceptance criteria. Qualitative and quantitative methods for risk analysis, like preliminary hazard analysis, HAZOP, fault tree analysis, and event tree analysis. Analysis of human errors and organizational factors. Barrier analysis. Data sources and uncertainties. Rules, standards, and guidelines. Risk reduction and cost/benefit analysis. Use risk analyses within different industries and applications.

Learning outcome

Knowledge: Students shall have wide knowledge of what a risk analysis is, the steps in the process of performing a risk analysis and common methods used.

Skills: Students shall be able to perform risk analysis of various types of problems and interpret and present the results from the analysis as input to a decision process.

General competence: Students shall have an understanding of issues related to use of risk acceptance criteria and how risk analysis can be used and misused.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, project work and exercises. A mandatory project shall be carried out as group work, and will count 40% in the evaluation. The lectures and exercises are in English when students who do not speak Norwegian take the course. If the teaching is given in English the Examination papers will be given in English only. Students are free to choose Norwegian or English for written assessments. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.

Compulsory assignments

  • Project

Course materials

M Rausand: Risk Assessment: Theory, Methods and Applications, Wiley 2011.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From To
TMR4130 3.7
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Facts

Version: 1
Credits:  7.5 SP
Study level: Second degree level

Coursework

Term no.: 1
Teaching semester:  AUTUMN 2014

Language of instruction: English

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Subject area(s)
  • Water Engineering in Fish Farming
  • Work Environment and Safety
  • Fire Technology
  • Driftssikkerhet - Maskinkonstruksjon
  • Operation technology
  • Energy and Process Engineering
  • Working Environment and Safety in Heavy Industry
  • Health, Safety and Environment
  • Marine Operation and Maintenance Engineering
  • Marine System Design
  • Marine Topics
  • Machine Design - Safety Technology
  • Production and Quality Engineering
  • Operations Management and Industrial Safety
  • Project Quality Management
  • Risk Analysis
  • Safety, Reliability and Maintenance
  • Sikkerhetsteknikk
  • Engineering Subjects
  • Production Engineering/Safety in Operation
  • Production Engineering - Risk Analysis
Contact information
Course coordinator: Lecturer(s):

Department with academic responsibility
Department of Production and Quality Engineering

Examination

Examination arrangement: Written examination and Work

Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
Autumn ORD Skriftlig eksamen 60/100 2014-12-16 09:00
Room Building Number of candidates
Autumn ORD Arbeider 40/100
Room Building Number of candidates
Summer KONT Arbeider 40/100
Room Building Number of candidates
Summer KONT Oral Examination 60/100 2015-08-07
Room Building Number of candidates
  • * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
Examination

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