Evaluation of the Safe Failure Fraction for an electromechanical complex system: Remarks about the standard IEC61508

2010 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 949-953

  Catelani, M ^a   Ciani, L ^a   Luongo, V ^a   Singuaroli, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic analysis; Failure mode and effect; IEC61508; Reliability prediction; Safe Failure Fraction; Safety related system

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS; IEC 61508; RELIABILITY PREDICTION; SAFE FAILURE FRACTION; SAFETY-RELATED SYSTEMS;

FAILURE MODES; FORECASTING; INSTRUMENTS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SAFETY DEVICES; STANDARDS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 77956513256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2010.5488034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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