From 5aaab8c4f94fc7a3d31aa7ca710b6cd538d7e821 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robin Clark Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 13:00:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] dependency models are valid for restricting components to check against in FMEA --- submission_thesis/CH4_FMMD/copy.tex | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/submission_thesis/CH4_FMMD/copy.tex b/submission_thesis/CH4_FMMD/copy.tex index aa960b0..3cd7ac0 100644 --- a/submission_thesis/CH4_FMMD/copy.tex +++ b/submission_thesis/CH4_FMMD/copy.tex @@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ if a particular top~level/system~failure was classified as catastrophic for inst we could use this information to strengthen components that could cause that particular top level event/system~failure. % +% Figure \ref{fig:noninvdag1} shows a DAG, from which we can trace top level failure modes to the base component failure modes that can cause them. @@ -1460,8 +1461,8 @@ in the base components. Coupled with MTTF statistics for the base components this allows prediction of statistical failure rates for system level failures (this is described in greater detail in section~\ref{sec:determine_fms}). % -The connections from a given system~failure can be used to determine the -components that are necessary to function correctly to avoid its occurrence. +%%The connections from a given system~failure can be used to determine the +%%components that are necessary to function correctly to avoid its occurrence. % % % NO dependency trees are logical contructs, I dont think FMMD helps here