diff --git a/submission_thesis/CH4_FMMD/copy.tex b/submission_thesis/CH4_FMMD/copy.tex index bb02147..4e7a9c1 100644 --- a/submission_thesis/CH4_FMMD/copy.tex +++ b/submission_thesis/CH4_FMMD/copy.tex @@ -51,14 +51,12 @@ paper { chapter } -describes the data types and concepts for the Failure Mode Modular De-composition (FMMD) method. -When analysing a safety critical system using -any form of Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), we need clearly defined failure modes for -all the components that are used in a given system. -% -We introduce a constraint that -component failure modes must be mutually exclusive within individual components. -This concept is later developed as the condition of `unitary state' fault modes (see section~\ref{sec:unitarystate}). +starts with a worked example of the new methodology Failure Mode Modular De-composition (FMMD), and then +describes the data types and concepts for the method, using these a UML class model is built +and then notation is developed. + + + %When this constraint is complied with, we can use the FMMD method to %build hierarchical bottom-up models of failure mode behaviour. %This and the definition of a component are @@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ This concept is later developed as the condition of `unitary state' fault modes -To demonstrate the principles behind FMMD, we analyse a +To demonstrate the principles behind FMMD, we use it to analyse a commonly used circuit, the non-inverting op amp~\cite{aoe}[p.234], shown in figure \ref{fig:noninvamp}. @@ -547,7 +545,13 @@ of component failures. \clearpage - +% When analysing a safety critical system using +% any form of Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), we need clearly defined failure modes for +% all the components that are used in a given system. +% % +% We introduce a constraint that +% component failure modes must be mutually exclusive within individual components. +% This concept is later developed as the condition of `unitary state' fault modes (see section~\ref{sec:unitarystate}). \section{Defining terms} diff --git a/submission_thesis/Makefile b/submission_thesis/Makefile index 85b9714..50ef246 100644 --- a/submission_thesis/Makefile +++ b/submission_thesis/Makefile @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ all: bib chapters_sub_make pdflatex thesis makeindex thesis.glo -s thesis.ist -t thesis.glg -o thesis.gls - acroread thesis.pdf + acroread thesis.pdf || evince thesis.pdf clean: #touch ${CHAPTERS}