diff --git a/component_failure_modes_definition/component_failure_modes_definition.tex b/component_failure_modes_definition/component_failure_modes_definition.tex index 506157d..387f36e 100644 --- a/component_failure_modes_definition/component_failure_modes_definition.tex +++ b/component_failure_modes_definition/component_failure_modes_definition.tex @@ -725,6 +725,8 @@ component, with the $OK$ state, as a universal set $\Omega$, where all sets within $\Omega$ are partitioned. Figure \ref{fig:partitioncfm} shows a partitioned set representing component failure modes $\{ B_1 ... B_8, OK \}$ obeying unitary state conditions. +Because the subsets of $\Omega$ are partitionned we can say these +failure modes are unitary state. \begin{figure}[h] \centering @@ -740,11 +742,19 @@ Suppose that we have a component that can fail simultaneously with more than one failure mode. This would make it seemingly impossible to model as `unitary state'. + \paragraph{De-composition of complex component.} There are two ways in which we can deal with this. We could consider the component a composite of two simpler components, and model their interaction to create a derived component. +\ifthenelse {\boolean{paper}} +{ +This technique is outside the scope of this paper. +} +{ +This technique is dealt with in descriptions of the FMMD process in chapter \ref{fmmd_complex_comp}. +} \begin{figure}[h] \centering diff --git a/component_failure_modes_definition/paper.tex b/component_failure_modes_definition/paper.tex index abbeb88..58893a7 100644 --- a/component_failure_modes_definition/paper.tex +++ b/component_failure_modes_definition/paper.tex @@ -40,5 +40,4 @@ \end{document} -\begin{document}