removed derived failure modes from UML class

diagrams and fixed some typos.
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Robin Clark 2012-06-02 01:10:04 +01:00
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@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ However, a circuit designer would usually consider individual transistors and i
as lowest level building blocks.
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In fact any component with published failure modes could be considered to be a {\bc},
but this determination is the choice of the analyst or the guidelines of the
but this determination is the choice of the analyst, which may be influenced by the particular
standard~\cite{en298}~\cite{en61508}~\cite{en230} to which we are approving/analysing a system.
%a lowest level of assembly `part' or an atomic entity, which ever is the smaller
@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ For instance in the CD~player example; if we start at the bottom, we are present
a massive list of base~components, resistors, motors, user~switches, laser~diodes, all sorts!
Clearly, working from the bottom~up, we need to pick small
collections of components that work together in some way.
These are termed `{\fgs}'.
These collections are termed `{\fgs}'.
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For instance, the circuitry that powers the laser diode
to illuminate the CD might contain a handful of components, and as such would make a good candidate
@ -1091,9 +1091,9 @@ When we have analysed the fault behaviour of a {\fg}, we can treat it as a `blac
The {\fgs} fault behaviour will consist of a set of `symptoms' caused by combinations
of its component failure modes.
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We can thus make a new `component' derived from the symptoms found as a result of analysing the {\fg}.
We can thus create a new `component' derived from analysing the {\fg} where
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The symptoms of failure of the {\fg} are the failure modes of this new `derived component'.
the symptoms of failure of the {\fg} are the failure modes of this new `{\dc}'.
%We can now call our functional~group a sub-system or a derived~component.
%The goal here is to know how it will behave under fault conditions !