Methods for Analyzing Severity Mitigation in FMEA

Severity-mitigating mechanisms (typically software-based) detect failures in a system and perform functions in order to reduce the severities of failures. Various approaches to FMEA analysis of severity-mitigating mechanisms exist within the industry. Three are compared and contrasted. Each method is compared against its ability to capture the three fundamental failures of a system that has severity-mitigating mechanisms: One method is advocated over the others because it: uses existing FMEA formatting; addresses all three cases; supports consistent linkage between FMEAs in a hierarchy of systems with any number of layers.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.4271/2017-01-0325
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/19463936
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of SAE International.
• Authors:
  • Abbas, Samer
  • Joyce, John
• Conference:
  • WCX™ 17: SAE World Congress Experience
  • Location: Detroit Michigan, United States
  • Date: 2017-4-4 to 2017-4-6
• Publication Date: 2017-3-28

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 300-304
• Serial:
  • SAE International Journal of Engines
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: SAE International
  • ISSN: 1946-3936
  • EISSN: 1946-3944
  • Serial URL: https://www.sae.org/publications/collections/content/E-JOURNAL-03/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Failure analysis; Methodology
• Identifier Terms: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FEMA)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01633485
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: SAE International
• Report/Paper Numbers: 2017-01-0325
• Files: TRIS, SAE
• Created Date: Apr 28 2017 10:44AM