diff --git a/fmmd_concept/fmmd_concept.tex b/fmmd_concept/fmmd_concept.tex index 09c7048..9833725 100644 --- a/fmmd_concept/fmmd_concept.tex +++ b/fmmd_concept/fmmd_concept.tex @@ -1148,6 +1148,21 @@ an attribute to the failure~modes must be added that can reference other failure~modes and environmental conditions. An UML diagram with inhibit conditions added is shown in figure \ref{fig:umlconcept2}. +\subsection{Safe Dangerous, Detected and Undetected.} + +The top level or SYSTEM failure modes can be examined and +assigned SIL~\cite{en61508} safe and dangerous attributes. +Detected failure modes appear as symptoms that have been +integrated into symptoms involving self checking. +Undetectable failure modes, will follow a direct line +up from component level to SYSTEM level without being +incorporated into a self checking functional group. +These undetected failures correspond to a minimal cut +set where a single base~component failure mode +can be traced to a SYSTEM level failure mode. +They can thus be determined by searched the DAG +for a single base~component failure mode minimal cut set~\cite{nucfta}. + % UML DIAGRAM \begin{figure}[h]