1交通控制系统安全与可靠讲稿(第一讲)讲述.ppt

Reliability engineering is an engineering field, that deals with the study, evaluation, and life-cycle management of reliability: the ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time. It is often measured as a probability of failure or a measure of availability. However, maintainability is also an important part of reliability engineering. 8. 关于可靠性及安全性的区别与联系 Reliability Engineering  v.s Safety Engineering Reliability engineering differs from safety engineering with respect to the kind of hazards that are considered. Reliability engineering is in the end only concerned with cost. It relates to hazards that could transform into a particular level of loss of revenue for the company or the customer. These can be cost due to loss of production due to system unavailability, repair costs. (CONT.) Reliability, trust, and safety. The importance of reliability is evident in our daily lives. When we begin a road trip in the automobile, we do so with the assumption that the car will not break down. We are, perhaps unconsciously, assuming that the car has an inherent level of reliability. Similarly, we have a certain level of trust that the airliners in which we fly, the elevators we ride, and the appliances we purchase for our home will operate with little chance of failure. In dealing with systems and systems where failure can result in injury or death, the distinction between reliability and safety becomes blurred. Reliability does indeed affect safety, although safety is primarily concerned with preventing injury while reliability is primarily concerned with ensuring that a system does not fail to perform its function. While related and complementary, these two objectives are not identical. Safety engineering The related reliability requirements are sometimes extremely high. It deals with unwanted dangerous events (for life and environment) in the same sense as reliability en