RADC-TR-83-72, IN-HOUSE REPORT: THE EVOLUTION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSES (FMEA) (MAR-1983) [DTIC ADA131358]

RADC-TR-83-72, IN-HOUSE REPORT: THE EVOLUTION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSES (FMEA) (MAR-1983) [DTIC ADA131358]., Failure effects analysis allows a product to be studied early in its design and development stages where undesirable failure effects can be identified and readily corrected. This report is intended to give the reader a broad, general background in techniques vvailable for failure effects analysis and their usefulness. Sixteen separate techniques, ranging from tabular failure modes and effects analysis and fault tree analysis to lesser known and more recently introduced techniques such as hardware/software interface analysis, are discussed. The current status and prospects for the future of failure effects analysis are also discussed in the report