In the realm of functional safety, assessing the severity of failure modes as safe/dangerous is a critical aspect. But what exactly does it mean for a failure to be classified as safe or dangerous?
Explore this concept in this ‘Visual Chronicles,’ we look at just that with an engaging example!
Visual Chronicles
Understanding when a failure mode is “safe” versus “dangerous” isn’t always intuitive – it depends entirely on operational context. Through visual scenarios and illustration of the car brake system, we demonstrate how the same failure can be classified differently based on whether the car is parked or in motion.
Key Takeaways:
- Failure mode severity is necessary for evaluating safety metrics.
- Dangerous failures are the failures that can put the system in a non-safe state.
- The safe state of a system is to be defined by safety engineers.
