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Article | REF: AG4670 V1

Operating safety: methods for controlling risks

Author: Yves MORTUREUX

Publication date: October 10, 2001 | Lire en français

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    1. Characterization of operating safety

    Dependability is perhaps first and foremost a state of mind, rather than a set of methods. What characterizes this spirit?

    1.1 Be realistic about the entities you are dealing with

    A component or sub-system can fail. A person may perform an activity other than that prescribed. Environmental conditions may be unfavorable, etc.

    Dependability means not considering a system solely in terms of its specifications, as if its behavior and effects were never to be anything other than those for which it was designed.

    Example

    a bicycle brake is designed, manufactured and installed to slow and stop the bicycle.

    Firstly, the SoF takes it for granted that it...

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