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The Standard IEC 61508 and Its Safety Life Cycle
The international standard IEC 61508 on functional safety of electrical/ electronic/ programmable electronic (EEPE) safety-related systems describes...
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A Proposal for Improvement of Smoke Detectors
Smoke detectors are used to warn people of hazards due to fire and smoke. When smoke is detected, an acoustic alarm signal is emitted. False alarms,...
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A System Design Using IoT, IEC61508, IEC61850, and IEEE C37.X to Improve Reliability of Smart Grid
This paper presents a system design and protocol are presented in this paper for improving the reliability of the Smart Grid using IEC 61850, IEC...
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Systems, Functions and Safety A Flipped Approach to Design for Safety
This textbook provides up-to-date content in the fields of system engineering, system safety and functional safety, with up-to-date examples from the...
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Safety and reliability improvement of valves and actuators in the offshore oil and gas industry
Valve failure is a major risk and a costly phenomenon in the offshore sector of the oil and gas industry. It results in severe negative consequences,...
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Functional Safety Related Modelling and Calculations
Safety instrumented systems (SIS) are more and more used in industry to replace conventional protection systems and functional safety standards (e.g....
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A case study on safety integrity level analysis for shale gas station
Safety integrity level (SIL), as defined in IEC 61511, is a widely used safety performance measure for safety instrumented functions. Shale gas...
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Functional Safety and Cybersecurity Analysis and Management in Smart Manufacturing Systems
This chapter addresses some of the issues of the integrated functional safety and cybersecurity analysis and management with regard to selected...
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System Design
This chapter on system design starts with a discussion on design in general. The designer must get a deep insight into all different aspects of the...
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Defining Safety Functions
Safety functions are among the most important considerations in modern safety applications and are specifically prescribed in the functional safety...
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Extensions to Production Availability and Functional Safety Analyses
This chapter aims to explain how to move from classical binary systems (i.e. with only two states) to multistate systems (e.g. production systems)...
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Ensuring Operational Continuity and Safety in Refineries Through a Robust Emergency Shutdown System Design and Implementation
In summary, the guidelines presented in this research paper offer critical insight into the design and implementation of an effective ESD system....
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Hochautomatisierte und autonome cyber-physische Produktionssysteme
In nahezu allen Domänen eingebetteter Systeme sehen wir Trends hin zu immer stärkerer Vernetzung und höheren Automatisierungsgraden. Autonome,...
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Hazard Analysis
In contrary to fault tree analysis (FTA) focusing on root causes of failures on system level and to failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) focusing...
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Smart Autonomous Bike Hardware Safety Metrics
Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASIL) are the safety requirements set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 26262) protocol...
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Distributed Architecture for Interoperable Signaling Interlocking
The interoperability in railway systems and especially in railway signaling interlocking is an issue for mobility need and to master the evolution of...
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Dependability Management Framework and System Model for Railway Improvements
This paper presents a dependability management framework and a system model for railways based on related regulations and standards. The applied...
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Functional Security
With the extensive application of electrical devices, electronic equipment and programmable electronic devices in the field of automobile control,...
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Error Detecting and Correcting Codes
Error-correcting coding can be defined as the art of adding redundancy to stored data or messages efficiently so that distortions can be detected and...
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Requirements for Safety-Critical Systems
The identification of existing safety functions of legacy systems, the determination of requirements for standard safety functions, and especially...