Improving system reliability by failure-mode avoidance including four concept design strategies

• Published in: Systems engineering Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 245 - 261
• Main Authors: Clausing, Don, Frey, Daniel D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 2005; Wiley
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Exact sciences and technology; operating window; Operational research and scientific management; Operational research. Management science; reliability; Reliability theory. Replacement problems; robust design; system architecture; System architecture; operating window; Turbojet; Hostile environment; Rupture; reliability; robust design; Windows; Jet engine; System reliability; Failures; Handling

To be reliable, a system must be robust—it must avoid failure modes even in the presence of a broad range of conditions including harsh environments, changing operational demands, and internal deterioration. This paper discusses and codifies techniques for robust system design that operate by expand...