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How do engineers define risk (science)

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In the context of engineering structures, 'risk' is often used in a more restrictive sense to express both the probability (likelihood) of an occurrence (such as the failure of the structure) and the degree of consequences arising from it (e.g. lives lost).

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In the context of engineering structures, 'risk' is often used in a more restrictive sense to express both the probability (likelihood) of an occurrence (such as the failure of the structure) and the degree of consequences arising from it (e.g. lives lost).

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