3. Typology of failure rates
3.1 Definitions
IEC 61508-4 defines a failure as the cessation of a functional unit's ability to perform a required function. It also considers that failures can be of two types:
dangerous: a failure that has the potential to place the safety-related system in a dangerous state or make it impossible to perform its function;
in safety: a failure which does not have the potential to place the safety-related system in a dangerous state or make it impossible to perform its function.
These failures are then divided into two categories:
detected: failure detected by diagnostic tests, periodic tests, operator intervention (e.g. physical inspection and...
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