Architectural constraints in IEC 61508: Do they have the intended effect?

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 520-525

  Lundteigen, Mary Ann ^a   Rausand, Marvin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hardware fault tolerance; Probability of failure on demand; Safe failure fraction; Safety instrumented system; Systematic failure

Indexed keywords

DRILLING PLATFORMS; ERRORS; FAULT TOLERANCE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GAS INDUSTRY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; RELIABILITY; SAFETY DEVICES; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

HARDWARE FAULT TOLERANCE; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE ON DEMAND; SAFE FAILURE FRACTION; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC FAILURE;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 54049117969     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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