• BS IEC 61508-6 : 2000 AMD 13784

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    FUNCTIONAL SAFETY OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC/PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC SAFETY-RELATED SYSTEMS - PART 6: GUIDELINES ON THE APPLICATION OF IEC 61508-2 AND IEC 61508-3

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    Superseded date:  15-03-2002

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    Published date:  23-11-2012

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    FOREWORD
    INTRODUCTION
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions and abbreviations
    Annex A (informative) Application of IEC 61508-2 and of
                          IEC 61508-3
          A.1 - General
          A.2 - Functional steps in the application of
                IEC 61508-2
          A.3 - Functional steps in the application of
                IEC 61508-3
    Annex B (informative) Example technique for evaluating
                          probabilities of hardware failure
          B.1 - General
          B.2 - Average probability of failure on demand (for
                low demand mode of operation)
          B.3 - Probability of failure per hour (for high demand
                or continuous mode of operation
          B.4 - References
    Annex C (informative) Calculation of diagnostic coverage and
                          safe failure fraction: worked example
    Annex D (informative) A methodology for quantifying the
                          effect of hardware-related common cause
                          failures in E/E/PE systems
          D.1 - General
          D.2 - Brief overview
          D.3 - Scope of the methodology
          D.4 - Points taken into account in the methodology
          D.5 - Using the beta-factor to calculate the
                probability of failure in an E/E/PE safety-
                related system due to common cause failures
          D.6 - Using the tables to estimate beta
          D.7 - Examples of the use of the methodology
          D.8 - References
    Annex E (informative) Example applications of software safety
                          integrity tables of IEC 61508-3
          E.1 - General
          E.2 - Example for safety integrity level 2
          E.3 - Example for safety integrity level 3
    Bibliography
    Figure 1 - Overall framework of IEC 61508
    Figure A.1 - Application of IEC 61508-2
    Figure A.2 - Application of IEC 61508-2 (continued)
    Figure A.3 - Application of IEC 61508-3
    Figure B.1 - Example configuration for two sensor channels
    Figure B.2 - Subsystem structure
    Figure B.3 - 1oo1 physical block diagram
    Figure B.4 - 1oo1 reliability block diagram
    Figure B.5 - 1oo2 physical block diagram
    Figure B.6 - 1oo2 reliability block diagram
    Figure B.7 - 2oo2 physical block diagram
    Figure B.8 - 2oo2 reliability block diagram
    Figure B.9 - 1oo2D physical block diagram
    Figure B.10 - 1oo2D reliability block diagram
    Figure B.11 - 2oo3 physical block diagram
    Figure B.12 - 2oo3 reliability block diagram
    Figure B.13 - Architecture of an example for low demand mode
                  of operation
    Figure B.14 - Architecture of an example for high demand or
                  continuous mode of operation
    Figure D.1 - Relationship of common cause failures to the
                 failures of individual channels
    Table B.1 - Terms and their ranges used in this annex
                (applies to 1oo1, 1oo2, 2oo2, 1oo2D and 2oo3)
    Table B.2 - Average probability of failure on demand for a
                proof test interval of six months and a mean time
                to restoration of 8 h
    Table B.3 - Average probability of failure on demand for a
                proof-test interval of one year and mean time to
                restoration of 8 h
    Table B.4 - Average probability of failure on demand for a
                proof-test interval of two years and mean time to
                restoration of 8 h
    Table B.5 - Average probability of failure on demand for a
                proof-test interval of 10 years and mean time to
                restoration of 8 h
    Table B.6 - Average probability of failure on demand for the
                sensor subsystem in the example for low demand
                mode of operation (one year proof-test interval
                and 8 h MTTR)
    Table B.7 - Average probability of failure on demand for the
                logic subsystem in the example for low demand
                mode of operation (one year proof-test interval
                and 8 h MTTR)
    Table B.8 - Average probability of failure on demand for the
                final element subsystem in the example for low
                demand mode of operation (one year proof-test
                interval and 8 h MTTR)
    Table B.9 - Example for a non-perfect proof test
    Table B.10 - Probability of failure per hour (in high demand
                 or continuous mode of operation) for a proof-
                 test interval of one month and a mean time to
                 restoration of 8 h
    Table B.11 - Probability of failure per hour (in high demand
                 or continuous mode of operation) for a proof
                 test interval of three months and a mean time to
                 restoration of 8 h
    Table B.12 - Probability of failure per hour (in high demand
                 or continuous mode of operation) for a proof
                 test interval of six months and a mean time to
                 restoration of 8 h
    Table B.13 - Probability of failure per hour (in high demand
                 or continuous mode of operation) for a proof
                 test interval of one year and a mean time to
                 restoration of 8 h
    Table B.14 - Probability of failure per hour for the sensor
                 subsystem in the example for high demand or
                 continuous mode of operation (six month proof-
                 test interval and 8 h MTTR)
    Table B.15 - Probability of failure per hour for the logic
                 subsystem in the example for high demand or
                 continuous mode of operation (six month proof-
                 test interval and 8 h MTTR)
    Table B.16 - Probability of failure per hour for the final
                 element subsystem in the example for high demand
                 or continuous mode of operation (six month
                 proof-test interval and 8 h MTTR)
    Table C.1 - Example calculations for diagnostic coverage and
                safe failure fraction
    Table C.2 - Diagnostic coverage and effectiveness for
                different subsystems
    Table D.1 - Scoring programmable electronics or sensors/final
                elements
    Table D.2 - Value of Z: programmable electronics
    Table D.3 - Value of Z: sensors or final elements
    Table D.4 - Calculation of beta or betaD
    Table D.5 - Example values for programmable electronics
    Table E.1 - Software safety requirements specification (see
                7.2 of IEC 61508-3)
    Table E.2 - Software design and development: software
                architecture design (see 7.4.3 of IEC 61508-3)
    Table E.3 - Software design and development: support tools
                and programming language (see 7.4.4 OF (IEC
                61508-3)
    Table E.4 - Software design and development: detailed design
                (see 7.4.5 and 7.4.6 of IEC 61508-3) (this
                includes software system design, software module
                design and coding)
    Table E.5 - Software design and development: software module
                testing and integration (see 7.4.7 and 7.4.8 of
                IEC 61508-3)
    Table E.6 - Programmable electronics integration (hardware
                and software) (see 7.5 of IEC 61508-3)
    Table E.7 - Software safety validation (see 7.7 of IEC
                61508-3)
    Table E.8 - Software modification (see 7.8 of IEC 61508-3)
    Table E.9 - Software verification (see 7.9 of part 3)
    Table E.10 - Functional safety assessment (see clause 8 of
                 IEC 61508-3)
    Table E.11 - Software safety requirements specification (see
                 7.2 of IEC 61508-3)
    Table E.12 - Software design and development: software
                 architecture design (see 7.4.3 of IEC 61508-3)
    Table E.13 - Software design and development: support tools
                 and programming language (see 7.4.4 of IEC
                 61508-3)
    Table E.14 - Software design and development: detailed
                 design (see 7.4.5 and 7.4.6 of IEC 61508-3)
                 (this includes software system design, software
                 module design and coding)
    Table E.15 - Software design and development: software
                 module testing and integration (see 7.4.7 and
                 7.4.8 of IEC 61508-3)
    Table E.16 - Programmable electronics integration (hardware
                 and software) (see 7.5 of IEC 61508-3)
    Table E.17 - Software safety validation (see 7.7 of IEC
                 61508-3)
    Table E.18 - Modification (see 7.8 of IEC 61508-3)
    Table E.19 - Software verification (see 7.9 of IEC 61508-3)
    Table E.20 - Functional safety assessment (see clause of IEC
                 61508-3)

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    Provides guidelines and information on parts -2 an -3 of IEC 61508. Should be read in conjunction with certain sections of IEC 61508-2 and -3. Gives a brief outline of requirements of parts -2 and -3 of the standard, and sets out functional steps in their application. Covers an example technique to calculate probabilities of hardware failure, gives a worked example of calculating diagnostic coverage, gives a methodology for quantifying the effect of hardware-related common cause failures on the probability of failure, and gives worked exampleso of the application of the software safety integrity tables.

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    Committee GEL/65
    Development Note Renumbered and Superseded by BS EN 61508-6. Supersedes 98/261465 DC (04/2002)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

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    ISO/IEC Guide 51:2014 Safety aspects Guidelines for their inclusion in standards
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