From c6b20536aa1e5112eb5d6a7b7006045161ea6f33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robin Clark Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 18:32:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] removed repeat of FMMD definitions that was left in CH5 --- submission_thesis/CH5_Examples/copy.tex | 34 ++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/submission_thesis/CH5_Examples/copy.tex b/submission_thesis/CH5_Examples/copy.tex index 615162d..82bbebf 100644 --- a/submission_thesis/CH5_Examples/copy.tex +++ b/submission_thesis/CH5_Examples/copy.tex @@ -40,23 +40,23 @@ allowing re-use of modules and reducing the number of by-hand analysis checks to As all forms of FMEA are bottom-up processes, we start with the lowest or most basic components/parts. %and with their failure modes. -It is worth defining clearly the term part here. -Geoffry Hall writing in Space Craft Systems Engineering~\cite{scse}[p.619], defines it thus: -``{Part(definition)}---The Lowest level of assembly, beyond which further disassembly irrevocably destroys the item''. -In the field of electronics a resistor, capacitor and op-amp would fit this definition of a `part'. -Failure modes for part types can be found in the literature~\cite{fmd91}\cite{mil1991}. - - - -\paragraph {Definitions: for practical FMMD analysis} - -\begin{itemize} -\item {\bc} - is taken to mean a `part' as defined above~\cite{scse}[p.619]. We should be able to define a set of failure modes for every {\bc}. -\item {\fm} - failure mode - the ways in which a component can fail -\item {\fg} - a collection of components chosen to perform a particular task -\item {\em symptom} - a failure mode of a functional group caused by one or more of its component failure modes. -\item {\dc} - a new component derived from an analysed {\fg} -\end{itemize} +% It is worth defining clearly the term part here. +% Geoffry Hall writing in Space Craft Systems Engineering~\cite{scse}[p.619], defines it thus: +% ``{Part(definition)}---The Lowest level of assembly, beyond which further disassembly irrevocably destroys the item''. +% In the field of electronics a resistor, capacitor and op-amp would fit this definition of a `part'. +% Failure modes for part types can be found in the literature~\cite{fmd91}\cite{mil1991}. +% +% +% +% \paragraph {Definitions: for practical FMMD analysis} +% +% \begin{itemize} +% \item {\bc} - is taken to mean a `part' as defined above~\cite{scse}[p.619]. We should be able to define a set of failure modes for every {\bc}. +% \item {\fm} - failure mode - the ways in which a component can fail +% \item {\fg} - a collection of components chosen to perform a particular task +% \item {\em symptom} - a failure mode of a functional group caused by one or more of its component failure modes. +% \item {\dc} - a new component derived from an analysed {\fg} +% \end{itemize}