Functional Safety, Fire Protection And Radiation Protection

Functional Safety Student: Ken Kaufmann S14004464 Lecturer/Tutor: Fatima Mansour Table of contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Standard definitions 1 2.1 IEC 61508 1 2.2 IEC 61511 1 3 Case study 2 4 Conclusion 2 5 List of references 2 6 List of Figures 3 1 Introduction The increasingly extensive automation of complex system, presents completely new challenges to the development of technical solutions. The complexity of systems, whose malfunctions cause’s significant damages, are able to cause of most errors. In work areas such as aerospace or in power stations, there has always been ahead of awareness. There are international standard and guidelines available, which defines the requirements for safety-related equipment in different depths and classifications. 2 Functional Safety Functional safety refers to the part of the security of a system, which depends on the correct function of the safety related system and other risk mitigation techniques. 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