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MST326 3 Problem
MST326 3 Problem
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MST326 lecture 3
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25 January 2007 MATS326-3 problem.ppt
Failures Mode and Effects Analysis
• FMEA is
o a useful tool for reliability analysis
o systematic check of a product or process
• function
• failure causes
• failure modes
• failure consequences
• Process-FMEA for
o pre-production engineering
o design of process control
o process improvement
• FMEA is efficient where component failure
leads directly to system failure
• for more complex failures, FMEA may be
supplemented by Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
25 January 2007 MATS326-3 problem.ppt
Some URLs for FMEA
• http://www.fmeainfocentre.com/
• http://supplier.intel.com/ehs/fmea.PDF
• http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/puma/wp18.pdf
• http://www.sverdrup.com/safety/fmea.pdf
• http://www.uscg.mil/hq/msc/fmea.doc
• http://www.competitiveedge.net/pdfs/fmea.pdf
• http://www.fmeca.com/ffmethod/methodol.htm
• http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~wmkeyser/ioe539/fmea.pdf
• http://www.engin.umich.edu/class/eng401/003/LCNotes/fmea.pdf
25 January 2007 MATS326-3 problem.ppt
Fault Tree Analysis
• Logical chart of occurrences
to illustrate cause and effects
• developed by DF Haasl, HA Watson,
BJ Fussell and WE Vesely
• initially at Bell Telephone Laboratories
then North American Space Industry
o or-gate + 1
o and-gate &
• originally conceived by
Ronald Aylmer Fisher
at Rothampstead Experimental Station
during the 1920s
o analysing plant growing plots
under different conditions, and
needed to eliminate systematic errors.