JMC proof read 17JUL2012.

This could be the one to submit, have heard nothing back from J Howse.
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Robin Clark 2012-07-17 18:05:11 +01:00
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@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ failure mode of the component or sub-system}}}
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@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ In order to integrate software, %in a meaningful way
we need to re-think the
FMEA concept of simply mapping a base component failure to a system level event.
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One strategy would be to modularise FMEA. To break down the failure effect
One strategy would be to modularise FMEA; to break down the failure effect
reasoning into small modules from the bottom-up.
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If we pre-analyse modules, and they
@ -363,13 +363,14 @@ we can determine its symptoms of failure.
%With these symptoms (a set of derived faults from the perspective of the {\fg})
%we can now state that the {\fg}
% (as an entity in its own right)
can fail in a number of well defined ways.
%can fail in a number of well defined ways.
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In other words we have taken a {\fg}, and analysed how
%\textbf{it}
it can fail according to the failure modes of its components, and then
determine the {\fg} failure symptoms.
We then create a new {\dc} which has as its {\fms} the failure symptoms
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We then create a new {\dc} which has as its {\fms}, the failure symptoms
of the {\fg} from which it was derived.
% \paragraph{Creating a derived component.}
@ -1061,7 +1062,7 @@ shows that by taking a modular approach for FMEA, i.e. FMMD, we can integrate
software and electro-mechanical models.
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With this analysis
we have stages along the `reasoning~path' linking the failures modes from the
we have stages along the `reasoning~path' linking the failure modes from the
electronics to those in the software.
Each {\fg} to {\dc} transition represents a
reasoning stage.