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Apparently this discussion is not about strength loss of the rebars due to cold deformation but may concern torsional shear in curved beams -- or (as the reference to neutral equilibrium seems to indicate) is it about low safety against tilting of structures supported by curved beam? I agree that the ...

Yeah, what the military calls collateral damage... A fire brigade or ambulance on duty, causing a traffic accident, would be of that type, jeopardizing the relief action they set out for (risks of failing mitigation on the side of the consequence tree). ------------------------------ J.-Martin ...

Hi Mitch: Regarding oil spills I once found an instructive bow-tie application to accidents in fueling of an aircraft: I always liked the HACCP method of identifing critical control points (CCP) in hazard analysys (HA), which in this figure are called "safety critical tasks". Perhaps ...

Dear Jacob I fully agree with what you say and am happy that you got used to the definition in ISO 31000 (where I was part of our national mirror committee). The linkage to decision theory is interesting and perhaps worth a discussion of its own. Some 'complications' need to be accepted, though: ...

Dear Mitch, coming back to your earlier post... IMHO risk analysis can be qualitative (low / moderate / severe) or quantitative with probabilites and value at stake. Thus the criterion of risks being quantitative is not compelling. Rather I would look for the (project / design) objectives which ...