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%%%% FORMAL DEFINITIONS %%%% THESE MIGHT BE MOVED TO AN APPENDIX
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\chapter{Formal Definitions}
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\label{sec:formalfmmd}
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\section{An algebraic notation for identifying FMMD enitities}
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Consider all `components' to exist as
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members of a set $\mathcal{C}$.
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Each component $c$ has an associated set of failure modes.
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We can define a function $fm$ that returns a
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set of failure modes $F$, for the component $c$.
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Let the set of all possible components be $\mathcal{C}$
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and let the set of all possible failure modes be $\mathcal{F}$.
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We now define the function $fm$
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as
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\begin{equation}
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\label{eqn:fm}
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fm : \mathcal{C} \rightarrow \mathcal{P}\mathcal{F}.
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\end{equation}
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This is defined by, where $c$ is a component and $F$ is a set of failure modes,
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$ fm ( c ) = F. $
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We can use the variable name $\FG$ to represent a {\fg}. A {\fg} is a collection
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of components.
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%We thus define $FG$ as a set of chosen components defining
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%a {\fg}; all functional groups
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We can state that
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{\FG} is a member of the power set of all components, $ \FG \in \mathcal{P} \mathcal{C}. $
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We can overload the $fm$ function for a functional group {\FG}
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where it will return all the failure modes of the components in {\FG}
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given by
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$$ fm ({\FG}) = F. $$
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Generally, where $\mathcal{{\FG}}$ is the set of all functional groups,
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\begin{equation}
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fm : \mathcal{{\FG}} \rightarrow \mathcal{P}\mathcal{F}.
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\end{equation}
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\section{Relationships between functional~groups and failure modes}
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Let the set of all possible components be $\mathcal{C}$
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and let the set of all possible failure modes be $\mathcal{F}$, and $\mathcal{PF}$
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is the power-set of $\mathcal{F}$.
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In order to analyse failure mode effects we need to be able to determine the
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failure modes of a component. We define a function $fm$ to perform this (see equation~\ref{eqn:fmset}).
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\label{fmdef}
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\begin{equation}
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fm : \mathcal{C} \rightarrow \mathcal{P}\mathcal{F}
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\label{eqn:fmset}
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\end{equation}
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%%
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% Above def gives below anyway
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%
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%The is defined by equation \ref{eqn:fminstance}, where C is a component and F is a set of failure modes.
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%\begin{equation}
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% fm ( C ) = F
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% \label{eqn:fminstance}
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%\end{equation}
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\paragraph{Finding all failure modes within the functional group.}
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For FMMD failure mode analysis %we need to consider the failure modes
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from all the components in a functional~group.
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In a functional group we have a collection of Components
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which have associated failure mode sets.
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we need to collect failure mode sets from the components and place them all
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%modes
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into a single set; this can be termed flattening the set of sets.
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%%Consider the components in a functional group to be $C_1...C_N$.
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The flat set of failure modes $FSF$ we are after can be found by applying function $fm$ to all the components
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in the functional~group and taking the union of them thus:
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%%$$ FSF = \bigcup_{j=1}^{N} fm(C_j) $$
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$$ FSF = \bigcup_{c \in FG} fm(c) \; .$$
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We can actually overload the notation for the function $fm$ % FM
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and define it for the set components within a functional group $\mathcal{FG}$ (i.e. where $\mathcal{FG} \subset \mathcal{C} $)
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in equation \ref{eqn:fmoverload}.
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\begin{equation}
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fm : \mathcal{FG} \rightarrow \mathcal{F}
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\label{eqn:fmoverload}
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\end{equation}
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\section{Unitary State Component Failure Mode sets}
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\label{sec:unitarystate}
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\paragraph{Design Descision/Constraint}
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An important factor in defining a set of failure modes is that they
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should represent the failure modes as simply and minimally as possible.
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It should not be possible, for instance, for
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a component to have two or more failure modes active at once.
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Were this to be the case, we would have to consider additional combinations of
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failure modes within the component.
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Having a set of failure modes where $N$ modes could be active simultaneously
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would mean having to consider an additional $2^N-1$ failure mode scenarios.
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Should a component be analysed and simultaneous failure mode cases exist,
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the combinations could be represented by new failure modes, or
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the component should be considered from a fresh perspective,
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perhaps considering it as several smaller components
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within one package.
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This property, failure modes being mutually exclusive, is termed `unitary state failure modes'
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in this study.
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This corresponds to the `mutually exclusive' definition in
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probability theory~\cite{probstat}.
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\begin{definition}
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A set of failure modes where only one failure mode
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can be active at one time is termed a {\textbf{unitary~state}} failure mode set.
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\end{definition}
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Let the set of all possible components be $ \mathcal{C}$
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and let the set of all possible failure modes be $ \mathcal{F}$.
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The set of failure modes of a particular component are of interest
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here.
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What is required is to define a property for
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a set of failure modes where only one failure mode can be active at a time;
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or borrowing from the terms of statistics, the failure mode being an event that is mutually exclusive
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with a set $F$.
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We can define a set of failure mode sets called $\mathcal{U}$ to represent this
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property for a set of failure modes.
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\begin{definition}
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We can define a set $\mathcal{U}$ which is a set of sets of failure modes, where
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the component failure modes in each of its members are unitary~state.
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Thus if the failure modes of a component $F$ are unitary~state, we can say $F \in \mathcal{U}$ is true.
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\end{definition}
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\section{Component failure modes: Unitary State example}
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An example of a component with an obvious set of ``unitary~state'' failure modes is the electrical resistor.
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Electrical resistors can fail by going OPEN or SHORTED.
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For a given resistor R we can apply the
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function $fm$ to find its set of failure modes thus $ fm(R) = \{R_{SHORTED}, R_{OPEN}\} $.
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A resistor cannot fail with the conditions open and short active at the same time,
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that would be physically impossible! The conditions
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OPEN and SHORT are thus mutually exclusive.
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Because of this, the failure mode set $F=fm(R)$ is `unitary~state'.
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%Thus because both fault modes cannot be active at the same time, the intersection of $ R_{SHORTED} $ and $ R_{OPEN} $ cannot exist.
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The intersection of these is therefore the empty set, $ R_{SHORTED} \cap R_{OPEN} = \emptyset $,
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therefore
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$ fm(R) \in \mathcal{U} $.
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We can make this a general case by taking a set $F$ (with $f_1, f_2 \in F$) representing a collection
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of component failure modes.
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We can define a boolean function {\ensuremath{\mathcal{ACTIVE}}} that returns
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whether a fault mode is active (true) or dormant (false).
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We can say that if any pair of fault modes is active at the same time, then the failure mode set is not
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unitary state:
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we state this formally
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\begin{equation}
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\exists f_1,f_2 \in F \dot ( f_1 \neq f_2 \wedge \mathcal{ACTIVE}({f_1}) \wedge \mathcal{ACTIVE}({f_2}) ) \implies F \not\in \mathcal{U}
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\end{equation}
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% \begin{equation}
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% c1 \cap c2 \neq \emptyset | c1 \neq c2 \wedge c1,c2 \in C \wedge C \not\in U
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% \end{equation}
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That is to say that it is impossible that any pair of failure modes can be active at the same time
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for the failure mode set $F$ to exist in the family of sets $\mathcal{U}$.
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Note where there are more than two failure~modes,
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by banning any pairs from being active at the same time,
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we have banned larger combinations as well.
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\subsection{Design Rule: Unitary State}
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All components must have unitary state failure modes to be used with the FMMD methodology and
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for base~components this is usually the case. Most simple components fail in one
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clearly defined way and generally stay in that state.
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However, where a complex component is used, for instance a microcontroller
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with several modules that could all fail simultaneously, a process
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of reduction into smaller theoretical components will have to be made.
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We can term this `heuristic~de-composition'.
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A modern micro-controller will typically have several modules, which are configured to operate on
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pre-assigned pins on the device. Typically voltage inputs (\adcten / \adctw), digital input and outputs,
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PWM (pulse width modulation), UARTs and other modules will be found on simple cheap microcontrollers~\cite{pic18f2523}.
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For instance the voltage reading functions which consist
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of an ADC multiplexer and ADC can be considered to be components
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inside the micro-controller package.
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The micro-controller thus becomes a collection of smaller components
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that can be analysed separately~\footnote{It is common for the signal paths
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in a safety critical product to be traced, and when entering a complex
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component like a micro-controller, the process of heuristic de-compostion
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is then applied to it.}.
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\paragraph{Reason for Constraint.} Were this constraint to not be applied
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each component would not contribute $N$ failure modes to consider but potentially
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$2^N$.
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This would make the job of analysing the failure modes
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in a {\fg} impractical due to the sheer size of the task.
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%Note that the `unitary state' conditions apply to failure modes within a component.
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%%- Need some refs here because that is the way gastec treat the ADC on microcontroller on the servos
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\section{Handling Simultaneous Component Faults}
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For some integrity levels of static analysis, there is a need to consider not only single
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failure modes in isolation, but cases where more then one failure mode may occur
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simultaneously.
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Note that the `unitary state' conditions apply to failure modes within a component.
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This does not preclude the possibility of two or more components failing simultaneously.
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%The scenarios presented deal with possibility of two or more components failing simultaneously.
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It is an implied requirement of EN298~\cite{en298} for instance to
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consider double simultaneous faults\footnote{Under the conditions
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of LOCKOUT~\cite{en298} in an industrial burner controller that has detected one fault already.
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However, from the perspective of static failure mode analysis, this amounts
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to dealing with double simultaneous failure modes.}.
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To generalise, we may need to consider $N$ simultaneous
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failure modes when analysing a functional group.
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This involves finding
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all combinations of failures modes of size $N$ and less.
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%The Powerset concept from Set theory is useful to model this.
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The power-set, when applied to a set S is the set of all subsets of S, including the empty set
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\footnote{The empty set ( $\emptyset$ ) is a special case for FMMD analysis, it simply means there
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is no fault active in the functional~group under analysis.}
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and S itself.
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We augment the power-set concept here to deal with counting the number of
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combinations of failures to consider, under the conditions of simultaneous failures.
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In order to consider combinations for the set S where the number of elements in
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each subset of S is $N$ or less, a concept of the `cardinality constrained power-set'
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is proposed and described in the next section.
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%\pagebreak[1]
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\section{Cardinality Constrained Power-set }
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\label{ccp}
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A Cardinality Constrained power-set is one where subsets of a cardinality greater than a threshold
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are not included. This threshold is called the cardinality constraint.
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To indicate this, the cardinality constraint $cc$ is subscripted to the powerset symbol thus $\mathcal{P}_{cc}$.
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Consider the set $S = \{a,b,c\}$.
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The power-set of S:
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$$ \mathcal{P} S = \{ \emptyset, \{a,b,c\}, \{a,b\},\{b,c\},\{c,a\},\{a\},\{b\},\{c\} \} .$$
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$\mathcal{P}_{\le 2} S $ means all non-empty subsets of S where the cardinality of the subsets is
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less than or equal to 2.
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$$ \mathcal{P}_{\le 2} S = \{ \{a,b\},\{b,c\},\{c,a\},\{a\},\{b\},\{c\} \} . $$
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Note that $\mathcal{P}_{1} S $ (non-empty subsets where cardinality $\leq 1$) for this example is:
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$$ \mathcal{P}_{1} S = \{ \{a\},\{b\},\{c\} \} $$.
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\paragraph{Calculating the number of elements in a cardinality constrained power-set}
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A $k$ combination is a subset with $k$ elements.
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The number of $k$ combinations (each of size $k$) from a set $S$
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with $n$ elements (size $n$) is the binomial coefficient~\cite{probstat} shown in equation \ref{bico}.
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\begin{equation}
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C^n_k = {n \choose k} = \frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!} .
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\label{bico}
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\end{equation}
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To find the number of elements in a cardinality constrained subset S with up to $cc$ elements
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in each combination sub-set,
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we need to sum the combinations,
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%subtracting $cc$ from the final result
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%(repeated empty set counts)
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from $1$ to $cc$ thus
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% $$ {\sum}_{k = 1..cc} {\#S \choose k} = \frac{\#S!}{k!(\#S-k)!} $$
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\begin{equation}
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|{\mathcal{P}_{cc}S}| = \sum^{cc}_{k=1} \frac{|{S}|!}{ cc! ( |{S}| - cc)!} . % was k in the frac part now cc
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\label{eqn:ccps}
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\end{equation}
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\subsection{Actual Number of combinations to check with Unitary State Fault mode sets}
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If all of the fault modes in $S$ were independent,
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the cardinality constrained power-set
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calculation (in equation \ref {eqn:ccps}) would give the correct number of test case combinations to check.
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Because sets of failure modes in FMMD analysis are constrained to be unitary state,
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the actual number of test cases to check will usually
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be less than this.
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This is because combinations of faults within a components failure mode set
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are impossible under the conditions of unitary state failure mode.
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To modify equation \ref{eqn:ccps} for unitary state conditions, we must subtract the number of component `internal combinations'
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for each component in the functional group under analysis.
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Note we must sequentially subtract using combinations above 1 up to the cardinality constraint.
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For example, say
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the cardinality constraint was 3, we would need to subtract both
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$|{n \choose 2}|$ and $|{n \choose 3}|$ for each component in the functional~group.
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\subsubsection{Example: Two Component functional group cardinality Constraint of 2}
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For example: suppose we have a simple functional group with two components R and T, of which
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$$fm(R) = \{R_o, R_s\}$$ and $$fm(T) = \{T_o, T_s, T_h\}.$$
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This means that the functional~group $FG=\{R,T\}$ will have a component failure mode set
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of $fm(FG) = \{R_o, R_s, T_o, T_s, T_h\}$
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For a cardinality constrained powerset of 2, because there are 5 error modes ( $|fm(FG)|=5$),
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applying equation \ref{eqn:ccps} gives :-
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$$ | P_2 (fm(FG)) | = \frac{5!}{1!(5-1)!} + \frac{5!}{2!(5-2)!} = 15.$$
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This is composed of ${5 \choose 1}$
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five single fault modes, and ${5 \choose 2}$ ten double fault modes.
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However we know that the faults are mutually exclusive within a component.
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We must then subtract the number of `internal' component fault combinations
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for each component in the functional~group.
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For component R there is only one internal component fault that cannot exist
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$R_o \wedge R_s$. As a combination ${2 \choose 2} = 1$. For the component $T$ which has
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three fault modes ${3 \choose 2} = 3$.
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Thus for $cc = 2$, under the conditions of unitary state failure modes in the components $R$ and $T$, we must subtract $(3+1)$.
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The number of combinations to check is thus 11, $|\mathcal{P}_{2}(fm(FG))| = 11$, for this example and this can be verified
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by listing all the required combinations:
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$$ \mathcal{P}_{2}(fm(FG)) = \{
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\{R_o T_o\}, \{R_o T_s\}, \{R_o T_h\}, \{R_s T_o\}, \{R_s T_s\}, \{R_s T_h\}, \{R_o \}, \{R_s \}, \{T_o \}, \{T_s \}, \{T_h \}
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\}
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$$
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and whose cardinality is 11. % by inspection
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%$$
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%\{
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% \{R_o T_o\}, \{R_o T_s\}, \{R_o T_h\}, \{R_s T_o\}, \{R_s T_s\}, \{R_s T_h\}, \{R_o \}, \{R_s \}, \{T_o \}, \{T_s \}, \{T_h \}
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%\}
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%| = 11
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%$$
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\pagebreak[1]
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\subsubsection{Establishing Formulae for unitary state failure mode
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cardinality calculation}
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The cardinality constrained power-set in equation \ref{eqn:ccps}, can be modified for % corrected for
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unitary state failure modes.
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%This is written as a general formula in equation \ref{eqn:correctedccps}.
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%\indent{
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%To define terms :
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%\begin{itemize}
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%\item
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Let $C$ be a set of components (indexed by $j \in J$)
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that are members of the functional group $FG$
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i.e. $ \forall j \in J | C_j \in FG $.
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%\item
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Let $|fm({C}_{j})|$
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indicate the number of mutually exclusive fault modes of component $C_j$.
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%\item
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Let $fm(FG)$ be the collection of all failure modes
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from all the components in the functional group.
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%\item
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Let $SU$ be the set of failure modes from the {\fg} where all $FG$ is such that
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components $C_j$ are in
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`unitary state' i.e. $(SU = fm(FG)) \wedge (\forall j \in J | fm(C_j) \in \mathcal{U}) $, then
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%\end{itemize}
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%}
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\begin{equation}
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|{\mathcal{P}_{cc}SU}| = {\sum^{cc}_{k=1} \frac{|{SU}|!}{k!(|{SU}| - k)!}}
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- {\sum_{j \in J} {|FM({C_{j})}| \choose 2}} .
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\label{eqn:correctedccps}
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\end{equation}
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Expanding the combination in equation \ref{eqn:correctedccps}
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\begin{equation}
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|{\mathcal{P}_{cc}SU}| = {\sum^{cc}_{k=1} \frac{|{SU}|!}{k!(|{SU}| - k)!}}
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- {{\sum_{j \in J} \frac{|FM({C_j})|!}{2!(|FM({C_j})| - 2)!}} } .
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\label{eqn:correctedccps2}
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\end{equation}
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\paragraph{Use of Equation \ref{eqn:correctedccps2} }
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Equation \ref{eqn:correctedccps2} is useful for an automated tool that
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would verify that a single or double simultaneous failures model has complete failure mode coverage.
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By knowing how many test cases should be covered, and checking the cardinality
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associated with the test cases, complete coverage would be verified.
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%\paragraph{Multiple simultaneous failure modes disallowed combinations}
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%The general case of equation \ref{eqn:correctedccps2}, involves not just dis-allowing pairs
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%of failure modes within components, but also ensuring that combinations across components
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%do not involve any pairs of failure modes within the same component.
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%%%%- NOT SURE ABOUT THAT !!!!!
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%%%- A recursive algorithm and proof is described in appendix \ref{chap:vennccps}.
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%%\paragraph{Practicality}
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%%Functional Group may consist, typically of four or five components, which typically
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%%have two or three failure modes each. Taking a worst case of mutiplying these
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%%by a factor of five (the number of failure modes and components) would give
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%%$25 \times 15 = 375$
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%%\begin{verbatim}
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%%
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%%# define a factorial function
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%%# gives 1 for negative values as well
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%%define f(x) {
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%% if (x>1) {
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%% return (x * f (x-1))
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%% }
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%% return (1)
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%%}
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%%define u1(c,x) {
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%% return f(c*x)/(f(1)*f(c*x-1))
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%%}
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%%define u2(c,x) {
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%% return f(c*x)/(f(2)*f(c*x-2))
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%%}
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%%
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%%define uc(c,x) {
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%% return c * f(x)/(f(2)*f(x-2))
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%%}
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%%
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%%# where c is number of components, and x is number of failure modes
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%%# define function u to calculate combinations to check for double sim failure modes
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%%define u(c,x) {
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%%f(c*x)/(f(1)*f(c*x-1)) + f(c*x)/(f(2)*f(c*x-2)) - c * f(c)/(f(2)*f(c-2))
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%%}
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%%
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%%
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%%\end{verbatim}
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%%
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\pagebreak[1]
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\section{Component Failure Modes and Statistical Sample Space}
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%\paragraph{NOT WRITTEN YET PLEASE IGNORE}
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A sample space is defined as the set of all possible outcomes.
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For a component in FMMD analysis, this set of all possible outcomes is its normal (or `correct')
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operating state and all its failure modes.
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We can consider failure modes as events in the sample space.
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%
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When dealing with failure modes, we are not interested in
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the state where the component is working correctly or `OK' (i.e. operating with no error).
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%
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We are interested only in ways in which it can fail.
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By definition, while all components in a system are `working~correctly',
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that system will not exhibit faulty behaviour.
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%
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We can say that the OK state corresponds to the empty set.
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%
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Thus the statistical sample space $\Omega$ for a component or derived~component $C$ is
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%$$ \Omega = {OK, failure\_mode_{1},failure\_mode_{2},failure\_mode_{3} ... failure\_mode_{N} $$
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$$ \Omega(C) = \{OK, failure\_mode_{1},failure\_mode_{2},failure\_mode_{3}, \ldots ,failure\_mode_{N}\} . $$
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The failure mode set $F$ for a given component or derived~component $C$
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is therefore
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$ fm(C) = \Omega(C) \backslash \{OK\} $
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(or expressed as
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$ \Omega(C) = fm(C) \cup \{OK\} $).
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The $OK$ statistical case is the (usually) largest in probability, and is therefore
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of interest when analysing systems from a statistical perspective.
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This is of interest for the application of conditional probability calculations
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such as Bayes theorem~\cite{probstat}.
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The current failure modelling methodologies (FMEA, FMECA, FTA, FMEDA) all use Bayesian
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statistics to justify their methodologies~\cite{nucfta}\cite{nasafta}.
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That is to say, a base component or a sub-system failure
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has a probability of causing given system level failures\footnote{FMECA has a $\beta$ value that directly corresponds
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to the probability that a given part failure mode will cause a given system level failure/event.}.
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Another way to view this is to consider the failure modes of a
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component, with the $OK$ state, as a universal set $\Omega$, where
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all sets within $\Omega$ are partitioned.
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Figure \ref{fig:partitioncfm} shows a partitioned set representing
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component failure modes $\{ B_1 ... B_8, OK \}$ : partitioned sets
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where the OK or empty set condition is included, obey unitary state conditions.
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Because the subsets of $\Omega$ are partitioned, we can say these
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failure modes are unitary state.
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\begin{figure}[h]
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\centering
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\includegraphics[width=350pt,keepaspectratio=true]{./CH4_FMMD/partitioncfm.png}
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% partition.png: 510x264 pixel, 72dpi, 17.99x9.31 cm, bb=0 0 510 264
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\caption{Base Component Failure Modes with OK mode as partitioned set}
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\label{fig:partitioncfm}
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\end{figure}
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\section{Components with Independent failure modes}
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Suppose that we have a component that can fail simultaneously
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with more than one failure mode.
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This would make it seemingly impossible to model as `unitary state'.
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\paragraph{De-composition of complex component.}
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There are two ways in which we can deal with this.
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We could consider the component a composite
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of two simpler components, and model their interaction to
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create a derived component.
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\ifthenelse {\boolean{paper}}
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{
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This technique is outside the scope of this paper.
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}
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{
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%This technique is dealt in section \ref{sec:symtomabstraction} which shows how derived components may be assembled.
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}
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\begin{figure}[h]
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\centering
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\includegraphics[width=200pt,bb=0 0 353 247,keepaspectratio=true]{./CH4_FMMD/compco.png}
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% compco.png: 353x247 pixel, 72dpi, 12.45x8.71 cm, bb=0 0 353 247
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\caption{Component with three failure modes as partitioned sets}
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\label{fig:combco}
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\end{figure}
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\paragraph{Combinations become new failure modes.}
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Alternatively, we could consider the combinations
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of the failure modes as new failure modes.
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We can model this using an Euler diagram representation of
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an example component with three failure modes\footnote{OK is really the empty set, but the term OK is more meaningful in
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the context of component failure modes} $\{ B_1, B_2, B_3, OK \}$ see figure \ref{fig:combco}.
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For the purpose of example let us consider $\{ B_2, B_3 \}$
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to be intrinsically mutually exclusive, but $B_1$ to be independent.
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This means the we have the possibility of two new combinations
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$ B_1 \cap B_2$ and $ B_1 \cap B_3$.
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We can represent these
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as shaded sections of figure \ref{fig:combco2}.
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\begin{figure}[h]
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\centering
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\includegraphics[width=200pt,bb=0 0 353 247,keepaspectratio=true]{./CH4_FMMD/compco2.png}
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% compco.png: 353x247 pixel, 72dpi, 12.45x8.71 cm, bb=0 0 353 247
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\caption{Component with three failure modes where $B_1$ is independent}
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\label{fig:combco2}
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\end{figure}
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We can calculate the probabilities for the shaded areas
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assuming the failure modes are statistically independent
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by multiplying the probabilities of the members of the intersection.
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We can use the function $P$ to return the probability of a
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failure mode, or combination thereof.
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Thus for $P(B_1 \cap B_2) = P(B_1)P(B_2)$ and $P(B_1 \cap B_3) = P(B_1)P(B_3)$.
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\begin{figure}[h]
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\centering
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\includegraphics[width=200pt,bb=0 0 353 247,keepaspectratio=true]{./CH4_FMMD/compco3.png}
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% compco.png: 353x247 pixel, 72dpi, 12.45x8.71 cm, bb=0 0 353 247
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\caption{Component with two new failure modes}
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\label{fig:combco3}
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\end{figure}
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We can now consider the shaded areas as new failure modes of the component (see figure \ref{fig:combco3}).
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Because of the combinations, the probabilities for the failure modes
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$B_1, B_2$ and $B_3$ will now reduce.
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We can use the prime character ($\; \prime \;$), to represent the altered value for a failure mode, i.e.
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$B_1^\prime$ represents the altered value for $B_1$.
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Thus
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$$ P(B_1^\prime) = B_1 - P(B_1 \cap B_2) - P(B_1 \cap B_3)\; , $$
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$$ P(B_2^\prime) = B_2 - P(B_1 \cap B_2) \; and $$
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$$ P(B_3^\prime) = B_3 - P(B_1 \cap B_3) \; . $$
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We now have two new component failure mode $B_4$ and $B_5$, shown in figure \ref{fig:combco3}.
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We can express their probabilities as $P(B_4) = P(B_1 \cap B_3)$ and $P(B_5) = P(B_1 \cap B_2)$.
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