Risk Analysis and Management Syllabus for B.Tech 8th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.<\/p>\n
The detailed syllabus for Risk Analysis and Management B.Tech (R13) eightsem is as follows<\/p>\n
OBJECTIVES:<\/strong><\/p>\n To impart knowledge on environmental risk assessment and risk management<\/p>\n UNIT I : INTRODUCTION<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[8 hours] UNIT II : ELEMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0[9 hours] UNIT III : TOOLS AND METHODS FOR RISK ASSESSMENT<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0[10 hours]
\nSources of Environmental hazards- Types of Risk-Environmental, Safety and ecological risks- Risk\u00a0assessment framework- Regulatory perspectives and requirements- Risk Analysis and\u00a0Management – Social benefit Vs technological risks- Path to risk analysis- Perception of risk- Risk\u00a0assessment in different disciplines.<\/p>\n
\nHazard identification and accounting – Properties, processes and parameters that control fate and\u00a0transport of contaminants – – Dose Response Evaluation – Slope Factors- Dose Response\u00a0calculations and Dose Conversion Factors – Risk Characterization and consequence\u00a0determination- Estimation of carcinogenic and non carcinogenic risks to human health- – Exposure\u00a0Assessment – Exposure Factors -Multimedia and multipathway exposure modeling of contaminant \u00a0concentrations in air, water, soils and vegetation<\/p>\n
\nHAZOP and FEMA methods- Cause failure analysis – Event tree and fault tree modeling and\u00a0analysis – Vulnerability assessment – Uncertainty analysis – Methods in Ecological risk assessment\u00a0– Probabilistic risk assessments- Radiation risk assessment- Data sources and evaluation.<\/p>\n