Failure mode and effect analysis on safety critical components of space travel

Sending men to space has never been an ordinary activity, it requires years of planning and preparation in order to have a chance of success. The payoffs of reliable and repeatable space flight are many, including both Commercial and Military opportunities. In order for reliable and repeatable space...

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Main Authors: Kouroush Jenab, Joseph Pineau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2015-07-01
Series:Management Science Letters
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol5/msl_2015_61.pdf
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description Sending men to space has never been an ordinary activity, it requires years of planning and preparation in order to have a chance of success. The payoffs of reliable and repeatable space flight are many, including both Commercial and Military opportunities. In order for reliable and repeatable space flight to become a reality, catastrophic failures need to be detected and mitigated before they occur. It can be shown that small pieces of a design which seem ordinary can create devastating impacts if not designed and tested properly. This paper will address the use of a Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) with modified Risk Priority Number (RPN) and its application to safety critical design components of shuttle liftoff. An example will be presented here which specifically focuses on the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) to illustrate the FMECA approach to reliable space travel.
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Failure mode and effect analysis on safety critical components of space travel
Management Science Letters
Failure Mode
Space flight
Solid Rocket Booster
Criticality Analysis
FMEA
FMECA
title Failure mode and effect analysis on safety critical components of space travel
title_full Failure mode and effect analysis on safety critical components of space travel
title_fullStr Failure mode and effect analysis on safety critical components of space travel
title_full_unstemmed Failure mode and effect analysis on safety critical components of space travel
title_short Failure mode and effect analysis on safety critical components of space travel
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topic Failure Mode
Space flight
Solid Rocket Booster
Criticality Analysis
FMEA
FMECA
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