• I.S. EN 61078:2016

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    RELIABILITY BLOCK DIAGRAMS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2016

    Publisher:  National Standards Authority of Ireland

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    National Foreword
    FOREWORD
    INTRODUCTION
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Symbols and abbreviated terms
    5 Preliminary considerations, main assumptions, and
       limitations
    6 Establishment of system success/failed states
    7 Elementary models
    8 Qualitative analysis: minimal tie sets and minimal
       cut sets
    9 Quantitative analysis: blocks with constant
       probability of failure/success
    10 Quantitative analysis: blocks with time dependent
       probabilities of failure/success
    11 Boolean techniques for quantitative analysis of
       large models
    12 Extension of reliability block diagram techniques
    Annex A (informative) - Summary of formulae
    Annex B (informative) - Boolean algebra methods
    Annex C (informative) - Time dependent probabilities
             and RBD driven Markov processes
    Annex D (informative) - Importance factors
    Annex E (informative) - RBD driven Petri nets
    Annex F (informative) - Numerical examples and curves
    Bibliography
    Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to international
             publications with their corresponding
             European publications
    Bibliography

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    Defines the requirements to apply when reliability block diagrams (RBDs) are used in dependability analysis.

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    Development Note For CENELEC adoptions of IEC publications, please check www.iec.ch to be sure that you have any corrigenda that may apply. (01/2017)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher National Standards Authority of Ireland
    Status Current

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    IEC 61025:2006 Fault tree analysis (FTA)
    IEC 62551:2012 Analysis techniques for dependability - Petri net techniques
    IEC 60812:2006 Analysis techniques for system reliability - Procedure for failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
    IEC 61165:2006 Application of Markov techniques
    IEC 61703:2016 Mathematical expressions for reliability, availability, maintainability and maintenance support terms
    ISO/TR 12489:2013 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries Reliability modelling and calculation of safety systems
    EN 61703:2016 Mathematical expressions for reliability, availability, maintainability and maintenance support terms
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