Title :
Fail-to-safe and Fail-to-danger Analysis of Logic Protective Networks
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electrical Engineering; University of Wollongong; Wollongong, N.S.W. 2500 AUSTRALIA.
Abstract :
A computer algorithm determines the fail-to-safe and fail-to-danger probabilities of failure of a safeguard. The safeguard is represented as a logic network with arcs and two types of nodes. The FORTRAN IV program and a simple example are given in the Supplement.
Keywords :
Algorithm design and analysis; Computer networks; Failure analysis; Fission reactors; Indium tin oxide; Logic circuits; Power generation; Power system protection; Safety; Temperature; Fail-to-danger; Fail-to-safe; Logic protective networks; Safeguard failures;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1980.5220920
