From 92d8b16dac07ec9d104fd83002fa87d548e9a0b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Robin P. Clark" <robin48gx@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:32:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarifying what the FIT values are for elements in a SIF.

---
 submission_thesis/CH2_FMEA/copy.tex | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 submission_thesis/thesis.tex        |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/submission_thesis/CH2_FMEA/copy.tex b/submission_thesis/CH2_FMEA/copy.tex
index e9ab905..0071ea4 100644
--- a/submission_thesis/CH2_FMEA/copy.tex
+++ b/submission_thesis/CH2_FMEA/copy.tex
@@ -1455,6 +1455,22 @@ To achieve SIL levels, diagnostic coverage and SFF levels are prescribed along w
 hardware architectures and software techniques. 
 The overall aim of SIL is to classify the safety of a system,
 by statistically determining how frequently it can fail dangerously.
+%
+%
+% MY addition: 11DEC2013
+%
+\ifthenelse {\boolean{post_submission_myedit}}{
+That is to say the PFH or FIT value assigned to a component in a SIF
+is its dangerous failure rate. Individual dangerous component
+failure modes may be mitigated by their detection percentage
+and their diagnostic interval.
+}
+{
+%
+}
+%
+%
+%
 \fmmdglossFMEDA
 %
 \subsection{Automotive Safety Integrity Levels}
diff --git a/submission_thesis/thesis.tex b/submission_thesis/thesis.tex
index 82f7959..344e200 100644
--- a/submission_thesis/thesis.tex
+++ b/submission_thesis/thesis.tex
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 \usepackage{ifthen}
 \newboolean{pld}
 \setboolean{pld}{false} % boolvar=true or false
+\newboolean{post_submission_myedit}
+\setboolean{post_submission_myedit}{true}
 \newboolean{paper}
 \setboolean{paper}{false} % boolvar=true or false
 \input{style}